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Punjab gets Rs 261 crore for rural health
The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) of India has approved a Rs 261 crore grant
for various health projects in rural areas of Punjab, with a promise to double the
amount by next year.
Published on 11/16/2007 2:28:00 PM
Phagwara: The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) of India has approved a Rs 261 crore grant for
various health projects in rural areas of Punjab, with a promise to double the amount by next year.
Disclosing this at Phagwara on Wednesday the Punjab Health Minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla said that the
state government would be allocating a matching grant of Rs 28 crore for the projects.
Comparing the infant death rate in Punjab as 40 per 1,000 to national-level ratio was 58 per 1,000, the
Health Minister said that she had initiated a campaign to save motherhood and reduce the ratio of infant
deaths to 30 per 1,000 within a year.
Under the campaign, 15,000 women, including daughters and daughters-in-law, from various villages of
the state would be provided proper training for the purpose.
The Minister also informed that she along with the Punjab Medical Education Minister Tikshan Sud had
urged the Union Health Minister to include the under-construction Jalandhar Medical College and
Hospital in the list of six major medical institutions which were to be provided facilities on par with
AIIMS.
Chawla also said that taking forward the successful campaign against adulterated sweets, the Punjab
Health Department would be launching a state-level campaign against the sale of synthetic milk.
Reiterating the state government's commitment on providing better health services in civil hospitals, the
Minister said that the state Health Ministry has directed all district health officers and food inspectors to
act accordingly.
She also announced that an ayurvedic and a homeopathic dispensary would be set up in all civil
hospitals of the state.
Citing the shortage of doctors in civil hospitals, Chawla said that the state government would appoint
147 specialist doctors to meet the demands of the state health sector.
Regarding quackery and sale of drugs, the state Health Minister said a state-level campaign would soon
be launched and the government will initiate a drive to nab anti-social elements indulging in these
practices. She further stated that chemists would also be checked for selling medicines without the valid
prescription of a qualified doctor.
When asked about the shortage of medicines in civil hospitals, Chawla said a state-level committee to
purchase medicines had been set up, which would monitor the process. She, however, admitted that the
government had no plans of purchasing modern machinery and equipment.
—iGovernment Bureau
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Posted By Dr. Rajinder Gulati on 12/15/2007 12:24:00 AM
Comparing the infant death rate in Punjab as 40 per 1,000 to national-level
ratio was 58 per 1,000, the Health Minister said that she had initiated a
campaign to save motherhood and reduce the ratio of infant deaths to 30
per 1,000 within a year. My suggestions for further reducing Infant deaths
are,
In 2003 Lancet series on child survival showed that 13% to 15% of under-
five deaths in resource poor countries could be prevented through
achievement of 90% coverage with exclusive breastfeeding alone. And
additional 6% could be prevented with appropriate complementary feeding.
Another study from Ghana showed that 22% of all neonatal deaths could be
prevented if all women could initiate breastfeeding within one hour of birth.
Early breastfeeding within one hour and exclusive breastfeeding for the
first six months are thus the two key interventions to achieve the
Millennium Development Goal – 4 (MDG 4) which refers to reduction in
child mortality.
Dr. Rajinder Gulati
National trainer, Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF)
Posted By Vinod Kumar on 3/8/2008 3:54:00 PM
THERE ARE VARIOUS POSTS OF CASHIER CUM ACCOUNTANT HAS
BEEN DEPLOYED IN HOSPITAL UNDER NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH
MISSION PUNJAB. PLEASE SPECIFY BUT IS THE PROJECT OF NATIONAL
RURAL HEALTH MISSION PUNJAB.
AND WHY NEED TO TO FILL THIS VACANCIES OF CASHIER CUM
ACCOUNTANT AND BLOCK STATISTICAL ASSISTANT AND BCC
WHAT IS THE PERIOD OF PROJECT
Posted By Kamal Sethi on 8/3/2008 2:44:18 PM
There is not need of Post of Data Manager in IDSP Project, these are the
nuisance in the system. Why there is need of Such jobs?
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