NEW DELHI, Apr 28:
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad today laid the foundation stone for the new building complex of NCDC in Delhi.
Addressing the foundation laying ceremony, Mr Azad said it was a momentous occasion that the foundation stone of new building complex of NCDC had been laid. He said it was also a dream fulfilled as he had wanted to have an institute of national importance like CDC, Atlanta which he saw when he visited the US.
“AIIMS was a dream project of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Till recently, India had only one AIIMS in the country. But 6 more AIIMS have been established in different parts of the country recently. This has brought a total revolution in the medical history of India,”Mr Azad said.
Talking about NCDC, he said it had an illustrious innings in the service of the country.
“It is also recognized as a world class institution of education, training and research in the area of communicable diseases. With the expansion of infrastructure, advanced training of its manpower and induction of new technologies, the organization will continue to meet the difficult challenges of responding to an increasing number of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases effectively,”the Minister said.
He said NCDC has played a leading role in surveillance and control of major communicable diseases.
“The Health Ministry proposes to open 27 more additional NCDC branches in the country in the 12th Five Year Plan in addition to strengthening the eight existing NCDC branches.
This will provide the presence of NCDC in each State across the length and breadth of the country for a closer and more effective interface with the State Governments, not only to greatly improve our surveillance and public health response but also to have a data-base for the other national health programmes,”Mr Azad said and hoped NCDC would play a major role in the service of the people in the days to come. (UNI)
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