Haryana

• 13 May 2023

Inauguration of 46 Health Institutions in 17 Districts Including Mukand Lal District Civil Hospital in Yamunanagar

Why in News?

On 11 May 2023 Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal inaugurated 46 health institutions in 17 districts including the 275-bed Mukand Lal District Civil Hospital in Yamunanagar district of the state, which cost about Rs 232 crore.

Key Points

• The Mukand Lal District Civil Hospital inaugurated in Yamuna Nagar has cost about Rs 100 crore. This step is definitely important in the direction of increasing the infrastructure for health facilities in the state.
• Apart from this, 46 health institutions have been inaugurated at Bhiwani, Karnal, Fatehabad, Rohtak, Kaithal, Faridabad, Palwal, Sirsa, Panchkula, Nuh, Charkhi Dadri, Jind, Yamunanagar, Hisar, Gurugram, Narnaul and Kurukshetra. These include 1 District Civil Hospital, 2 Sub Divisional Civil Hospitals, 3 Community Health Centers, 1 Urban Health Center, 1 Mother & Child Hospital, 8 Primary Health Centers, 15 Health & Welfare Centers and 15 Sub Health Centers.
• On this occasion, the Chief Minister also announced the setting up of a new Medical College and an Ayurvedic College in Panchkula.
• On this occasion, the Chief Minister made a big announcement that the patients suffering from 55 rare diseases like Pompe Disease, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) would be provided financial assistance by the government. These patients will be given a pension of Rs 2750 per month.
• It is known that till now pension is provided by the government to the patients of Thalassemia, Haemophilia, Stage-3 and Stage-4 Cancer. Now 55 rare diseases have also been added to this list and the government has made a budget provision of Rs 25 crore for this financial assistance.
• It is known that there are 3 thousand patients suffering from Thalassemia & Haemophilia disease, 4 thousand patients of stage-3 & stage-4 cancer and about 1 thousand patients of 55 rare diseases, who will be given financial help in the form of pension by the government.