Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma today reviewed Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Department. During the meeting she directed the officers to visit the fields to find out the ground reality of health services. She suggested the officers to visit their areas and get the feedback from ANM, villagers and sahiyas.
Verma said that for the expenditure of `. 550 crore fund earmarked in the budget of financial year 2016-17, the Health Department Principal Secretary should sit with the building construction department and decide how to implement the schemes. Moreover, the `. 200 crore fund earmarked for Universal Health Insurance Coverage Scheme under National Health Insurance Scheme should be prepared by the department and the proposal should be sent to the ministry. She directed to purchase medicated mosquito net latest by June and said to improve upon the health services in tribal areas.
She said to ensure awareness against AIDS with the help of NGOs. She said people suffering from AIDS should be identified for proper treatment.
The CS said that the roles of sahiyas should be defined in every field. She said that drives should be run to increase institutional delivery in rural areas and facilities should be increased in community health centres and primary health centres. She said that consultants should be appointed for the timely disposal of tenders. Those districts where institutional delivery rate is very low should be considered in the first phase. Health Department Principal Secretary K. Vidyasagar and health department officers were present in the meeting.