Changing Bihar focuses on health

3/22/2011

0 Comments

 
Patna: March 22, 2011

As part of its Bihar Divas celebrations, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will launch a mega health scheme targeted at the 3.4 crore children in the state, officials said. Under the 'Nayee Peedhi Swasthya Guarantee Karyakram' (New Generation Health Guarantee Programme), children up to 14 years of age and adolescent girls will be provided a health card for their medical check-up and treatment free of cost at government hospitals. "This mega health scheme will check malnutrition, anaemia and childhood reproductive problems," Principal Health Secretary Amarjit Sinha said. The government planned to distribute health cards by Oct 2 this year, he added. However, he admitted that reaching out to all the children was a challenging task.

Read more
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Health News Update

    Archives

    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    August 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    April 2010
    March 2010
    February 2010
    January 2010
    May 2007
    April 2007
    March 2007
    February 2007
    January 2007
    December 2006
    November 2006
    October 2006
    September 2006

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed