State Health Minister Ram Chandra Chandravanshi has said that the Government will help those willing to establish hospitals and health institutions in the State with financial aid. Speaking at the National Academy of Medical Specialities Conference and Jharkhand Indian Medical Association Conference 2015 in Dhanbad on late Saturday evening the Minister said that the Government will aid people with Rs 30 crore who come with 20 acre of land for establishing hospitals.
Chandravanshi also promised a huge gathering of Doctors from across the nation on the occasion that they will get free electricity and five kilometers of road to the hospital if they open the hospitals in the State. He said that the construction work of Government medical colleges will begin in DUka, Hazaribagh and Palamu by January 2016, while 90 new hospitals are ready to be started soon.
Meanwhile, the Minister also called on the Doctors to understand their responsibilities and help Government in State and nation building. “The Government understands the issues of doctors, they will also have to be pro-active to understand their responsibilities. There is a huge crisis of doctors in the State, we need to fill the posts very soon,” he said.
The Minister on the occasion also praised the efforts of Women Doctors Wing of the State IMA, especially of its president Dr Bharti Kashyap. He said that the Women Doctors Wing of the State IMA is known by the name of Dr Bharti Kashyap, who has been relentlessly putting efforts to spread awareness about Cervical cancer and other diseases that are common among women of the weaker sections of the society.
“One needs to take lessons from Dr Bharti Kashyap for the works she has been doing. Dr Kashyap is putting up medical camps at many places in the State and the Government will partner with her in her endevour to help the poor and deprived sections of people,” he said.
On the second day of the conference on Sunday Dr Bharti Kashyap gave a presentation on the activities of the Women Doctors Wing elaborating on the campaigns, especially Cervical Cancer eradication campaign, Vision for Young Rural Jharkhand campaign, Eye Donation and Diabetic Retinopathy eradication campaign among others.
Dr Kashyap said that the IMA Women’s wing was running three dimensional campaign for women’s health in the State that includes awareness campaigns and VIA screening camps at Sadar Hospitals, training of gynecologists of the districts by experts before the camp, VIA screening system to be used for communities through Government.
Dr Kashyap informed that in the month of March a camp for Primitive Tribal groups would be held in Madhupur and Godda districts of Santhal Pargana for Cancer Awareness Programme and VIA screening camp.