Uttarakhand

• 14 Dec 2022

Health Wellness Center will be connected with AIIMS and Medical Colleges in Uttarakhand

Why In News?

• On December 12, 2022, Uttarakhand's Health Minister Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat told in a program organized on Universal Health Coverage Day at ITDA Auditorium in Dehradun that to provide better health facilities, health and wellness centers operated in the state should be linked to AIIMS and government medical colleges. Will be connected, due to which telemedicine service will be expanded in the state.

Key Points

• Health Minister Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat said that it is the priority of the government to provide better health facilities to the last person of the state. For this, CHO, ANM and ASHA will be deployed by connecting health and wellness centers with all modern facilities.
• He informed that the health department would get 826 ANMs in 50 days and 1,500 nurses in 100 days. Soon 664 community health officers as well as yoga trainers are also being appointed in health and wellness centres.
• Mayor of Dehradun Municipal Corporation Sunil Uniyal Gama said that there will be no shortage of specialist doctors in the state by 2025.
• In-charge Secretary Health and Mission Director Dr. R. Rajesh Kumar said that telemedicine service is working better in the state, which is benefiting thousands of people in rural areas. This service will be made effective by adding specialist doctors from medical colleges.