During his visit, the Union Minister toured the Health and Wellness Center, and commended the dedicated staff for regularly conducting deliveries at the Health & Wellness Center, for providing teleconsultation services for the patients and for vigilant follow-ups on non-communicable disease cases. The Union health minister interacted with the ASHAs, health workers, Anganwadi workers, NIKSHAY Mitras, and patients who have benefited from PMJAY.

Following the visit, a review meeting was held at the Deputy Commissioner’s office. Where the Union Health Minister, Shri. Mansukh Mandaviya, emphasized the importance of equitable growth and development for a country to progress. Acknowledging our Prime Minister’s recent comment on “the lack of uniform development in the country”, he expressed the urgent need for periodic reform of government schemes and initiatives.

The union health minister, pointed out that there are currently 500 blocks identified as below the national average, listed as aspirational districts. The goal is to elevate these districts to national average levels by fulfilling indicators on a mission mode. He stressed the significance of providing essential infrastructure and services to all aspirational districts, empowering the workforce at the village level, including Anganwadi workers, ASHAs and SHGs to achieve desired results.

The union Health minister further highlighted the importance of workshops at the cluster level, using the Ayushman Bhav concept of community mobilization and skill development for key government officials and villages. He emphasized the need to prioritize people’s involvement and unite them “to uplift aspirational districts to inspirational districts” through community participation.

Meanwhile, Dr. M. Ampareen Lyngdoh, Meghalaya’s Health Minister, stressed, “Diseases such as TB and cancer, if left unchecked, could lower the health indicators of our state. As such, it is vital that we work collectively to ensure their eradication. We must also ensure equal opportunities for all citizens to access necessary health services and facilities.”

Note: The Aspirational District & Aspirational Block Program is a transformative initiative designed to create equal opportunities, uplift communities, and convert challenges into opportunities for a brighter and more prosperous India.

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The sessions will highlight four aspects of Ayushman Bharat, including Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), Health and Wellness Centres as well as Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission(PM-ABHIM). The thematic sessions will also focus on the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme, the elimination of measles, rubella, and the implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques- PCPNDT Act in India.

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Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that people arriving in Goa from the virus-affected regions outside India would be closely monitored.

“I have given instructions to form a special task force to monitor any cases of coronavirus in Goa. All the activities, including people arriving from the virus-affected regions, would be closely monitored and reported to the state Chief Secretary,” Rane told reporters.

The task force will work as per the guidelines laid down by the Union Ministry of Health, he added.

The coronavirus is a large family of viruses that causes illnesses ranging from the common cold to acute respiratory syndromes, but the virus in China is a novel strain and not seen before. It has killed 26 people so far, and has caused alarm because of its similarity to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).

meanwhile A suspected case of coronavirus has been reported in Rajasthan, following which the patient has been kept in isolation, state Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Sunday.

He said a doctor, who returned to India after completing the MBBS course in China, was kept in isolation at the SMS Hospital here on the suspicion of being affected by coronavirus.

Directions were given to conduct a screening of all the family members of the patient, he added.

In an official statement, the minister said a blood sample of the patient was sent to the National Virology Laboratory in Pune.

He added that a total of 18 people from four districts of the state had returned to the country from China and the respective district chiefs and medical officers were directed to keep them under surveillance for 28 days.

Sharma also urged the Union health minister to make the screening facility available at the international terminals of various airports in the country.

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“The progress that we have achieved under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi can be clearly seen. We are aggressively witnessing reforms in every area of the health sector,” Vardhan said after inaugurating a latest CGHS Bhawan at Sector 13 in R K Puram here.The Union minister also launched the annual health check-up scheme for CGHS beneficiaries, who are pensioners of the age of 75 years and above. 

“CGHS services should be made available in 100 cities by 2022, when the prime minister also wishes to deliver a New India to all citizens,” Vardhan said.

The new bhawan is the CGHS’s headquarters and houses the administrative section, the CGHS Card section, and a state-of-the-art wellness centre. On the occasion, Vardhan said CGHS services have undergone a remarkable and a positive change. While the rules have been simplified, several people friendly facilities have also been added, he said. 

The scheme has the potential of becoming one of the best in the world. I wish to have an internal brainstorming session among senior CGHS doctors to test the possibilities of further improvement of the scheme, for strengthening the transparency and adding further reforms the minister said. 

He assured CGHS doctors that all positive reforms shall be incorporated in the planning and appealed to beneficiaries to send suggestions for improvement of services. Vardhan also hailed the CGHS’s initiative of calling telephonically and inquiring about the health of beneficiaries who are above 80 years of age.

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