PATNA: The state government is all set to hold a three-day 'Swasthya Mahakumbh', at Bhagalpur from April 28, on the conclusion of the ongoing 'Jan Swasthya Chetna Yatra', undertaken by health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey early in January this year.
The three-month long yatra, covered over 11,000 villages across the state and benefited over one crore people who came to different camps, Choubey said here on Wednesday. "I, personally, visited 112 places in 23 districts," he said, adding the yatra was immensely successful in its mission of creating mass awareness among people towards their general well-being.
The Mahakumbh would be attended by the governor along with the deputy CM, a host of state ministers and doctors from across the country. CM Nitish Kumar is also expected to attend the event, he said, adding Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has also been invited, though his consent is still awaited. Others attending the function are Baba Ramdev, Swami Niranjananand of Munger Yoga Vidyapeeth, eminent cardiologist Dr Naresh Trehan and Bhojpuri singer Manoj Tiwary.
Doctors from New Delhi, Mumbai and other places are also coming. The minister said that camps would be set up at Bhagalpur where on the spot investigations would be carried out by doctors of the state and those coming from outside. Seminars would also be organized on the occasion on how to improve the medicare facilities in Bihar. 'Nukkad' plays to generate awareness about Aids and cancer among common people would be staged, too.
Choubey also announced that CT scan and MRI centres would soon be opened at all the six government medical colleges in the state, technical bids for which has already been issued. The centres would be made functional within three months, he said. With regard to plying of private ambulances defying the set norms, he said that curbs would be placed on them.
On security issues, the minister said that ex-servicemen would be employed for security purposes at different government hospitals across the state. Taking a tough stance on such doctors who mislead the patients to get admitted to private nursing homes, Choubey said that strict legal action would be taken against them. Ironically, the health department itself does not know the exact number of private nursing homes running in the state. Once the Bihar Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Act comes into force, this number would be obtained, said principal secretary, health Amarjeet Sinha.
Beginning this May, campus placement would be done at auxiliary nursing and midwifery (ANM) colleges in the state and those who have passed matric and Intermediate would be imparted training for ANM courses, as the state faces shortage of nurses, Choubey said. However, there was a silver lining as this year more than six crore people visited different PHCs for treatment which shows strengthening of health services in rural areas.
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