The Sickle Cell Institute in Chhattisgarh has started functioning as an autonomous body.
The first meeting of the Committee was chaired by Health and Family Welfare Minister and chairman of Autonomous Committee Amar Agrawal on Friday evening, an official Press release issued here on Saturday stated.
In this meeting, the proforma of recruitment and service rules of the institute were approved. On the occasion, Agrawal also launched the official website of the Sickle Cell Institute www.scic.co.in, on which, all information about Sickle Cell Institute is available.
Principal Secretary, Health, MK Raut was also present in the meeting.
Notably, Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh had made an announcement during the Sickle Cell International Conference held during the month of November 2010 about the establishment of Sickle Cell Institute in Raipur to promote research work about the disease.
In compliance with the Chief Minister’s announcement, the institute had been established. As many as 179 posts were approved by State Government for this institute in June, 2013.
Head of the Biochemistry Department Dr P K Patra is the Director General of the institute.
Dr Patra informed that the decision to operate the Sickle Cell Institute as an autonomous committee was taken in the Cabinet meeting held in the month of September, 2013.