* Lays foundation of addl accommodation at SDH Tangmarg
Excelsior Correspondent
TANGMARG (BARAMULLA), Sept 14: Moving firmly towards strengthening the health infrastructure, Minister for Health & Medical Education, Bali Bhagat today laid foundation stone of additional accommodation, Labour Room at Sub-District Hospital, Tangmarg to be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 2.28 crore.
Addressing a public meeting after foundation laying ceremony in the premises of SDH, Tangmarg, the Minister said that health is the topmost priority sector and Government is committed to further strengthen it in every nook and corner of the State. He said after the formation of the present Government, the health sector received tremendous boost and on-going projects were speeded up with the coordinated efforts.
The Minister said that the work load in all the district hospitals has increased manifold, but manpower component remained the same. He said now the Government has worked out the workload and requirement of manpower, including doctors and para-medics and process of creation of more posts has been initiated.
Responding to the demand of the local MLA, the Minister announced one special ambulance for the hospital to cater to the needs in hilly areas (snow bound areas). He also assured to post one Child Specialist and one Gynecologist withinnext few days in the SDH.
MLA Tangmarg, Moha-mmad Abbas Wani apprised the Minister about the status of health scenario in the area and called for further augmentation of services and filling up all vacant posts of doctors and para-medics. He maintained that Tangmarg is located in the close vicinity of world renowned tourist resort Gulmarg which is widely visited by domestic as well as foreign tourists and need focused attention of the Government to augment medicare services to handle the unprecedented rush of patients, especially in Tangmarg and Kunzar hospitals.
The Minister and MLA also dedicated eight ambulances to the CMO, Baramulla to be utilized in Tangmarg constituency. The ambulances have been provided by the MLA, Tangmarg, Mohammad Abbas Wani from his Constituency Development Funds.
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