Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 6 As a part of efforts of the Government to provide better health care facility to common people, especially living in far-flung and remote areas of the State, Minister for Health, Horticulture and Floriculture, Sham Lal Sharma on Saturday said that more reforms will be brought in the Health Department to improve the healthcare facilities across the State.
The Minister was addressing a public meeting after inaugurating a 2-day Health Mela at Agar Majoor block Chowki Choura Akhnoor organized by block Health Department in collaboration with Directorate of Health Services Jammu.
During the mela, the specialists including Medicine, ENT, Child Specialist, Malaria, Surgery, Ortho, ECG and Ultrasound provided their services to the ailing besides giving them free medicine.
Sham said the Government has initiated revolutionary steps to upgrade the overall health scenario in the State and the change is visible on ground. He appealed the doctors and para medics to put in their best efforts to maintain the distinguished position achieved by the State healthcare system.
He said that present regime has made tremendous progress in various sectors across the State whether it is health, education, , horticulture, tourism, power and PHE etc for welfare and uplift of socio-economic status of people. He said tourism is the sector which directly or indirectly benefits the masses as it is the people oriented sector and their participation is vital for the development.
He said present Government is committed to provide all basic amenities to the people of the State. He appealed the people particularly public representative to cooperate with the executive agencies for smooth and timely construction of all the ongoing prestigious projects being executed under various schemes in their respective areas.
Later, the Minister visited under construction site of Primary Health Centre at Agar Majoor and ISM centre at Chung being raised at an estimated cost of Rs 2.05 crore and Rs 53 lakh respectively. He instructed the executive agencies to complete the project within stipulated time frame.
On the occasion, the Minister also distributed 1100 Amla saplings to the farmers free of cost through J&K State Medicinal Plants Board.
Among others Director Health Services Jammu, Dr Madhu Khullar, Mission Director NRHM, Dr Yash Pal Sharma, ISM Director, A K Dar, Director Floriculture, K K Sharma, Joint Director Horticulture, Deputy Director ISM, Kashmir Singh, Deputy Directors AIDS and Control Society, Research Officer J&K SMPB, Dr Aftab Mir, all sectoral officers, senior doctors, sarpanchs and panchs and prominent people of the areas were present on the occasion.
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