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Advisor Kumar launches State Level Rotavirus Vaccine
8/28/2019 10:50:27 PM

Early Times Report

Jammu, Aug 28: Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar today launched the State Level Rotavirus Vaccine by administering vaccine to a child at an event held at Teachers' Bhawan, Jammu. Mayor, JMC, Chander Mohan Gupta, Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, Atal Dulloo, Mission Director , National Health Mission (NHM), Dr Bhupinder Kumar, Principal GMC, Dr Sunanda Raina , Director, Family Welfare, MCH & Immunization, J&K, Dr Arun Sharma, Director, Health Services, Dr. Samir Mattoo , Managing Director, J&K Medical Supplies Corporation, Shiv Kumar Gupta, Corportors, JMC-Bhanu Mahajan and Neena Gupta besides Doctors, Paramedics and other staff members and officers of the concerned departments were present on the occasion.
Underlining the importance of Rotavirus vaccine, the Advisor informed that this new vaccine has been added in the routine immunization programme across Jammu and Kashmir that will provide protection against severe diarrhea caused by Rotavirus.
He entrusted upon the concerned departments and officers to ensure that all children in their respective areas receive full doses of the vaccine and are fully protected.
"Governor's administration has been taking various productive steps to provide improved health care services to people of J&K and efforts are being made for engaging adequate number of doctors for filing up of the vacancies", the Advisor maintained. Meanwhile, the Advisor felicitated Medical Superintendent Dr. Chander Parkash and staff of Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar for receiving Quality Certification under National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS). He congratulated the whole team of Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar for the achievement and asked them to maintain and further improve the quality health services they are providing to the patients. He also asked them to visit other District Hospitals and inspire the staff there to improve the health care standards.
The Advisor exhorted upon the medical professionals to keep on delivering their noble service with sincerity and dedication towards the cause of ailing.
Mayor JMC, Chander Mohan Gupta, also spoke on the occasion and congratulated the Medical Superintendent and staff for being accorded with NQAS Certification.
Financial Commissioner, Health, Atal Dulloo, while informing about the Rotavirus vaccination programme, said that the Rotavirus is a highly contagious virus and most common organism that causes diarrhea in child and accounts for 40% of hospitalization due to diarrhea among children in India. It is responsible for around 8.72 lakh hospitalizations and 78000 deaths annually in India, of which, 59000 occur in the first two years of life, he added.
He said that the newly launched vaccination is a part of routine immunization programme and will contribute a long way to reduce the infant mortality rate. The dignitaries, on the occasion, released a book on Rotavirus vaccine.
The Advisor also flagged off two Blood Collection and Transport vehicles. Later, the Advisor visited the Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar and inaugurated Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra. He also took stock of the medical supplies available in the Kendra. The Advisor said that the Jan Aushadi Kendra is the best way to provide cheap and good quality medicines to the people.
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