Health Secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi stated on Saturday that the State authorities is making efforts to improve the prevailing services out there at authorities hospitals and well being centres within the State to forestall the referral of circumstances to larger hospitals.

Accompanied by Collector D. Bhaskara Pandian and Ok. Marimuthu, Joint Director of Health Services (Tirupattur), Mr. Bedi stated that with funds from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the State authorities has been implementing numerous infrastructure works in authorities hospitals and well being centres to make sure the provision of needed medical tools and satisfactory house for added buildings.

“Our aim is to make each hospital self- sufficient. In this regard, we have sought a list of facilities including medical equipment needed for upgradation from doctors in the hospitals in the State,” he stated.

Elaborating on it additional, the Health Secretary stated that extra PHCs and sub-health centres are being constructed within the State. For instance, in Tirupattur district, one Urban Primary Health Care Centre (UPHC) at a price of ₹1.2 crore and 27 sub-health centres, that are manned by Village Health Nurses (VHNs), are below building. Each new sub-health centre prices ₹30 lakh. Likewise, Special Newborn Care Units (SNCUS) below the National Health Mission (NHM) are additionally arrange in authorities hospitals within the State, he stated.

Mr. Bedi stated that yearly, the State authorities has been recruiting medical doctors to authorities hospitals and different well being services via the Medical Services Recruitment Board (MRB). In this regard, the MRB has knowledgeable the State authorities that medical doctors for the subsequent batch might be chosen earlier than the tip of August. Efforts might be taken to replenish vacancies of medical doctors periodically. 

As the monitoring officer of the district, the Health Secretary inspected ongoing work on the Government District Headquarters Hospital in Tirupattur and first well being centres in Jolarpet city and Mandalavadi village close to Tirupattur city.