The State Health Department has sought help from the Centre in opening and AYUSH centers in the famous tourist places Netarhat and Patratu. A video conferencing meeting was held in the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education, Arun Kumar Singh with the Ministry of AYUSH (Central Government) on Monday.
Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare) gave a proposal related to this. In connection with the approval of the Annual Action Plan of Jharkhand State for the financial year 2023-24, under the chairmanship of the Secretary of the Ministry, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, many important things were discussed in this meeting.
Points were also discussed during this, 18 schemes were approved for Jharkhand AYUSH including four new schemes totalling Rs 159.36 crores. Last year also, 50 bedded Ayush Dhanwantri Hospitals in Ranchi and East Singhbhum districts were set up by the Government of India. Approval was also given for five 10 bedded Ayush Dhanwantri Hospitals in Gumla, Palamu, Deoghar, Dumka and Bokaro districts.
According to the ministry, its aim is to take AYUSH medicine to the last person in the rural areas of Jharkhand. For this, there is a target to open a total of 745 Ayush Health and Wellness Centers. Against this, 550 Ayush health and wellness centers have been opened. The remaining AYUSH Health and Wellness Centers will be opened by September, 2023. Till now, Jharkhand has received a total amount of Rs 185.38 crore from the Government of India, out of which utilization certificate for the amount of Rs 141.17 crore has been provided. During the meeting held at RCH Auditorium, Namkum, Ranchi, Campaign Director, National Health Mission Dr. Bhuvanesh Pratap Singh, Project Coordinator of AYUSH, Rajeev Kumar and Director of AYUSH, Dr. Fazlus were also present.