Chandigarh: Government of India has approved the Nation Health Mission Punjab’s state programme in implementation plan for 2017-18 amounting to Rs. 806.28 crores. Disclosing this here today Brahm Mohindra, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Punjab said that Punjab state had put forth a strong case to Government of India for a major upliftment of health care services and a series of new initiatives in the Public Health Sector.

Chandigarh: Government of India has approved the Nation Health Mission Punjab’s state programme in implementation plan for 2017-18 amounting to Rs. 806.28 crores. Disclosing this here today Brahm Mohindra, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Punjab said that Punjab state had put forth a strong case to Government of India for a major upliftment of health care services and a series of new initiatives in the Public Health Sector. 

He said that Punjab state’s team headed by Anjali Bhawra, Principal Secretary, Health Punjab and Mr. Varun Roojam, Mission Director, NHM personally pursued the plan submitted by the state with the GoI. Activities were discussed with senior officers of Minister of Health and Family Welfare, GoI during the national programme coordination committee’s (NPCC) meeting held in New Delhi.

Brahm Mohindra stated that among the new initiatives approved by GoI, the major initiatives included the setting up of Health and Wellness centres. Under this initiative 200 sub centres of the state will be strengthened as health and wellness centres, were promotive, preventive and primary curative health and health care services will be provided to the citizens.  Special courses for staff nurses in order to train them for primary health care have also been approved. These staff nurses will be posted at sub centres as community health officers and a budget of Rs. 12.65 crore have been approved for this task.