Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Chaubey, today praised about the improving health services of Jharkhand and said that the Maternal Mortality Rate and Infant Mortality Rate in Jharkhand have reduced significantly.
Chaubey, said that the Institutional deliveries have increased from 61.90 per cent in 2014 to 82 per cent in 2017. the doctors have been strictly instructed to prescribe generic medicines to the patients. Besides Central Governments assistance the National Health Mission (NHM) of Jharkhand has been working in the interiors of Jharkhand to strengthen the health services.
“In the past few years Jharkhand has been ranked 3rd in improvement in Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR). The MMR of Jharkhand is 208 per lakh of population which is less than the National Record of 167 per lakh population,” said the Union Minister.
He further said that a meeting was held by officials in Ranchi, in which a Road Map was prepared for improvement of mortality rate statistics by 2020 and 2030.
“The Central Government has targeted to complete 90 per cent vaccination by 2020. In 2014 vaccination in Jharkhand was 61.90 per cent, which has increased to 95 per cent in 2017. Out of 330 Primary Health Centers in Ranchi, 308 Primary Health Centers have labour rooms. The Central Government has been providing necessary assistance to Program Implementation Plans of Jharkhand,” he added.
“Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Program has been providing free dialysis services to women who belong to Below Poverty line Category. Under Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan, pregnant women have been given the facility of check-ups in Government as well as Private Hospitals.