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PUDUCHERRY, DEC 25
Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Sunday urged Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar to establish a medical university here. Bharati Pravin Pawar said that Rs 1,000 crore was allocated to JIPMER last year. This year’s allocation has been increased to Rs 1,340 crore.
Puducherry Chief Minister Shri.N.Rengasamy welcomed MoS for Health and Family Welfare Dr.Bharati Pravin Pawar in the review meeting of health officials.@DrBharatippawar @mansukhmandviya @MoHFW_INDIA @Murugan_MoS @DrTamilisaiGuv pic.twitter.com/6bxUd9VtXp
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- The Puducherry government has drastically reduced maternal mortality and child mortality
- So far 29,000 patients in Puducherry state have received free advanced treatment under Pradham Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
- Similarly, Rs 150 crore has been allocated to Puducherry under the Prime Minister’s Ayushman Bharat Infrastructure Development Initiative
“Puducherry government is doing well in terms of health department. The Puducherry government has drastically reduced maternal mortality and child mortality. So far 29,000 patients in Puducherry state have received free advanced treatment under Pradham Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. Fund allocation for this is Rs 5 crores. The central government has allocated Rs.70 crore for the development of primary and intermediate health services in Puducherry under the National Health Mission. Similarly, Rs 150 crore has been allocated to Puducherry under the Prime Minister’s Ayushman Bharat Infrastructure Development Initiative,” Bharati Pravin Pawar added.
At a meeting during the Central Minister’s visit to the Union Territory, Rangasamy submitted a memorandum urging the Centre to set up the varsity. Earlier, the Union Minister addressed a meeting of officials of Health Department of Puducherry and the Centrally administered JIPMER here. She reviewed the implementation of various health-related schemes, said an official release.
The release said the Chief Minister in the memorandum sought early sanction of the university and also set up a radiotherapy centre, a de-addiction centre, a 200-bed hospital for infectious diseases and a pharmaceutical park here.
The Chief Minister thanked the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry for sustained help to Puducherry in implementing several health programmes of the Centre. He said the Territorial administration has been successfully implementing the national schemes and meeting the target for Puducherry.
PWD Minister of Puducherry K Lakshminarayanan, Director of JIPMER Rakesh Agarwal, Director of Health of Puducherry administration G Sriramulu were among those who attended the meeting.
