Assam Government To Focus More On Health Services In Tea Areas

GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal chaired the 11th meeting of the State Health Mission at his conference hall at Janata Bhawan on Wednesday and discussed about the status of various health schemes and different steps being taken by health department. The meeting also approved various proposals taken by State Health Mission.

Saying that health department had taken a lot of steps to provide better health services to the people, Sonowal stated that as a result, schemes like Atal Amrit Abhiyan, Chief Minister’s Free Diagnostic Services could be launched which were benefitting many people. He also stressed on the need to make these schemes more visible among the masses and the Deputy Commissioners also had a lot of responsibilities in this regard.

Informing that more than 35 lakh people had benefitted from Mobile Medical Unit service started in the tea garden areas of the state, Sonowal said that the state government was focussing on providing better health services in tea gardens, char areas and hill districts. Financial assistance provided by the state government for treatment of critical diseases had also provided succour to many people from underprivileged section of the society, he said.

Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Central Government’s schemes like Ayushman Bharat’s success in providing the poorest of the poor access to quality health care, Sonowal stated that the Prime Minister had brought holistic improvement in the quality of life of the of the people by providing toilets, houses, electricity, good quality roads etc. He also stressed on the need to create more public awareness about various health schemes.

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