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An 11-member team of National Rural Health Mission
from New Delhi has lauded the efforts of Madhya Pradesh government in
checking mother and child mortality rate and increasing the number of
institutional deliveries. The team also praised the state government’s
decision to establish a call centre and start emergency vehicle express in
every district, which will provide medicare to general patients as well
besides pregnant women under Janani Express Yojana. The team comprised
Director Union Health Ministry Shri Arun Baroka, Assistant Commissioner Dr.
Manish Malhotra, Assistant Commissioner Dr. S Sikandar, Assistant
Commissioner Dr. B Kishore, Consultant Dr. Thelka Narayan, Dr. Ganga Kumar,
consultant Dr. Ravish Behel, consultant Dr. Ushma Sharma, consultant Sushri
Geetanjali Agrawal, consultant Dr. Kalyani and Financial Controller Shri
Sanjeev Gupta. From Madhya Pradesh side, Health Secretary Shri SR Mohanty,
Health Commissioner Shri Manohar Agnani, Director Health Shri Ashok Sharma,
Shri AN Mittal and Joint Director of Health Mission Shri SK Shrivastava
attended the meeting.
Apart from reviewing the
activities of the Health Mission in Madhya Pradesh, the team also reviewed
the action plan for the year 2010-11. The team lauded Madhya Pradesh
government for increasing percentage of institutional deliveries from 26 to
72 percent. They also praised the decision to establish intensive care units
for new born children at every district headquarter and planning to extend
the scheme to other areas of the state as well. Health Secretary Shri
Mohanty informed the team that the Chief Minister and the Health Minister
have instructed to turn the programmes to check mother and child mortality
rate into a mission. |
