Instructions given to improve the reporting of maternal and child health
Raipur. 14 June 2023
Health and Family Welfare Minister Shri T.S. Singhdev reviewed the departmental work by holding a meeting with senior officers and Chief Medical and Health Officers of all the districts today. In a meeting held at a private hotel in Raipur, the action plan of the Health and Family Welfare Department and the National Health Mission was discussed. The problems faced at the field level in providing health facilities to the people and their solutions were also discussed in the meeting. During this, Mr. Singhdev gave instructions to further strengthen the reporting of deliveries being done in non-government hospitals and remove the problems in data entry at the earliest.
Secretary of Health Department Mr. Siddharth Komal Pardeshi, Commissioner Dr. C.R. Prasanna, Director of Health Services Mr. Jaiprakash Maurya, Director of National Health Mission Mr. Bhoskar Vilas Sandipan, Managing Director of CGMSC Mr. Chandrakant Verma and Director of Epidemic Control Dr. Subhash Mishra also attended the meeting. Chief Medical and Health Officers of all districts, civil surgeons, divisional joint directors, departmental deputy directors posted in districts, district program managers and district program officers were also present in the meeting.
Instructed to work in coordination with Women and Child Development Department for better results in Nutrition Rehabilitation Center
In the meeting, Health Minister Mr. Singhdev emphasized on effective control over infant and maternal mortality. Along with this, he gave instructions to improve the reporting of maternal health. He also stressed on the need to strengthen the information system to deal with the situation of any disease infection. Shri Singhdev asked to work in coordination with Mitanins, Anganwadi workers and Women and Child Development Department for better results in nutritional rehabilitation centres. He asked all departmental officers and doctors to work with sensitivity.
Secretary, Health Department, Mr. Siddharth Komal Pardeshi discussed with the officers of all the districts in the meeting and learned about the problems being faced in the delivery of health services. He inquired about the availability of medical equipment and medicines in the hospitals. Various departmental schemes and programs were reviewed in the meeting, including maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases, PCPNDT Act, blood-bank, sickle cell management and Mukhyamantri Haat Bazar Clinic scheme.
