Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 20: The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has approved Rs. 2 crore for establishment of Mother & Child Hospital (MCH) in the old District Hospital Complex, Doda during the current year.
This information was given by the Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham Lal Sharma, on behalf of Health Minister, while replying to a question by Khalid Najeeb Suharawardy in the Legislative Council today.
The Minister further informed that diagnostic services have been provided in the new District Hospital, Doda, adding that one C. T Scan machine has been installed in the hospital, which would be made functional soon. He further said that the Blood Bank equipment has been shifted to the diagnostic block of the newly constructed hospital building and is functional; adding that construction of separate building for Blood Bank is under consideration.
Replying to another question by Jugal Kishore, the Minister said that as many as 5908 Medicos and para medics under various categories have been engaged on contractual basis under NRHM upto January 2014 in Reasi, district.
Giving details of staff position in health institutions of Reasi district, the Minister informed that 140 employees of various categories are in position against the sanctioned strength of 234. All health institutions in the district are functional and providing adequate health care facilities to the needy, he maintained.
In reply to another question by B. R. Kundal, the Minister informed that the detailed project report for execution of lift irrigation scheme at Jagtu Chack amounting to Rs. 232 lakh has been framed and is under process for submission to Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for approval as per the AIBP guidelines.
The Minister said tube-well could not be commissioned for want of funds as the total cost of the project taken up under NABARD funding and which involved drilling/commissioning of 100 tube-wells in Jammu and Kathua districts got escalated due to time overrun as it had been sanctioned in the year 2004-05.
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