Secretary Health Dr.R. The 34th working committee meeting of Uttarakhand Health and Family Welfare Committee was held under the chairmanship of Rajesh Kumar

On 14 December 2022, the meeting of the 34th Executive Committee of Uttarakhand Health and Family Welfare Committee will be organized in the secretariat by Secretary Medical Health and Medical Education and National Health Mission (NHM) Mission Director Dr.R. It was held under the chairmanship of Rajesh Kumar in which many important decisions were taken. Secretary Dr.R. It was informed by Rajesh Kumar that the Working Women Hostel One Stop Centers and Working Women Hostel under the Women and Child Development Department in Haridwar and Dehradun will be used as birth waiting homes. In which pregnant women will have the facility of pre-delivery stay and food.

He informed that AYUSH doctors working in National Child Health Program (RBSK) operated under NHM, Uttarakhand will be given honorarium at par with allopathic doctors. Along with this, from January 2023, Anganwadi workers will also be included in Jan Arogya Abhiyan – One step towards healthy life. In the meeting, Dr. R. It was told by Rajesh Kumar that the 300 bed cancer care hospital under construction at Harrawala, Dehradun has been given PPP. It has been agreed in principle to be operated through the mode, for which procurement of medical health and family welfare / P.P.P. With the help of SAIL and National Health Mission, Uttarakhand, Uttarakhand Health System Development Project (UKHSDP) contract management team, tender document will be prepared and release will be issued by January 15, 2023.

IPHS for strengthening health services in the state on the basis of “You Quote We Pay”. According to the norms, specialist doctors will be appointed under the National Health Mission, Uttarakhand. In the meeting Additional Secretary Health Mrs. Amandeep Kaur, Dr. Saroj Naithani Director NHM, Dr. Ashutosh Sayana Director Medical Education, Mohit Chowdhary Chief Program Officer Women and Child Empowerment Department, Khajan Chandra Pandey Finance Controller NHM ., Dr. U.S. Kandwal Additional Director General Directorate of Health, Dr. Ajay Kumar Nagarkar Program Officer NHM, Ms. Kavita Kaushal and other officers/employees were present.