Guwahati: Assam's state government will provide support in hospitals for liver, kidney, and bone marrow transplant to children below 12 years of age, the Health and Finance Minister informed via a tweet on Saturday (September 19). The first screening camp for the same shall be conducted on October 10 next, the Minister added.
"On this occasion, I took the privilege of announcing another big program. Assam Govt will provide 100% support in best of hospitals for liver, kidney and bone marrow transplant to children below 12 years. We will conduct the first screening camp on October 10, 2020," Sarma wrote in his tweet announcing the development.
Today, the BJP-led state government also handed over air tickets to 70 children who will fly to Bengaluru and Kolkata for cardiac surgery and bone marrow transplant as a part of the 'Sewa Saptah' of BJP to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 70th birthday. Himanta Biswa Sarma has termed it as a "small contribution from Health Department of Assam for Seva Saptah to celebrate the 70th birthday of our beloved PM."
Himanta Biswa Sarma has further announced that all cost of travel and surgeries will be borne by the Health Department of the Assam Government.
Speaking on the sidelines of the handing over ceremony, Sarma said that clear SOPs and directives have been issued to schools and colleges regarding guidelines to be followed once the schools re-open (from September 21).
College students have been given the facility to attend any college near their home. If a student of Cotton University in Guwahati is a resident of Tezpur then he would be allowed to attend any college in Tezpur. Instructions regarding this have been issued to the colleges and universities, the minister said, going on to add that the hostels would continue to remain shut.