Khasmahal Sadar Hospital, East Singhbhum and Community Health Centre, Sundarpahadi have bagged the national Kayakalp Award by Union Health Ministry under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The awards have been given to 13 states’ district hospitals, PHCs and CHCs for 2017-18 this year.
Union Health Minister JP Nadda handed over the award to Khasmahal Civil Surgeon Dr Maheshwar Prasad and Sundarpahadi CHC MOIC Ram deo Paswan at Ram Manohar lohiya Hospital auditorium in Delhi on April 19. The Khasmahal hospital got cash reward of Rs 50 lakh, while the Sundarpahadi CHC got Rs 15 lakh cash. The Khasmahal Sadar Hospital got 74.80 per cent score to get the award.
Deputy Director, SK Singh; State Consultant Ranjeet Kumar Mandal, DPM Nirmal Das and others were present on the occasion.
The Kayakalp award was initiated in the year 2015 and for the year 2015-16 Gumla Sadar Hospital and CHC Raidih, Gumla were given the awards. Principal Secretary of Health department Nidhi Khare greeted the health workers and appealed to them to work for maintaining cleanliness and sanitation at health centres across the State so that more and more centres could get such awards.