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| Omar for awareness of NRHM initiative | | 'Focus on 100 % benefits to women, children under JSSK' | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 6 : Flagging appropriate health care to women and children as an important ingredient in health service expansion and upgradation scheme in the State, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Monday stressed on ensuring cent percent benefits to pregnant women and newborns under woman and child safety programme 'Janani Shishu Surakhsha Karyakam' (JSSK) of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) flagship programme.
"The pregnant women and newborn children are entitled under this programme to receive free medical treatment including medicine, investigation, diagnoses and blood besides nutrition, transport and other related facilities", he said adding that people should be made well aware about these benefits.
The Chief Minister said that under a sustained awareness campaign in the State people should be extensively educated about the scheme so that they take its best advantage.
"The information about JSSK scheme aimed at providing health security to pregnant women and newborns should all the more be disseminated to the grass root level and its implementation undertaken with professional zeal and machinery spirit", he directed the health department asking for all efforts in this direction.
Taking review of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) at a high level meeting here, the Chief Minister said that all components of the flagship programme need to be focused for the larger benefits to the people living in rural and far-flung areas.
The meeting was attended by Minister for Health, Sham Lal Sharma, Political Advisor to the Chief Minister, Devender Singh Rana, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas, Commissioner Secretary Health, G. A. Peer, Director NRHM, Dr. Yashpal Sharma, Directors of Health Service, Kashmir and Jammu, Director Indian System of Medicine, Dr. Kabir, Principals of Medical Colleges and various other senior officers.
The Chief Minister said that health sector is focused sector in the development policy of the Government and extension of up to the mark health facilities in the State is being persuaded vigorously through various State and Centrally sponsored schemes.
He said that incentives and higher salaries are being given to the doctors and para-medical staff under NRHM to work in remote and far-flung areas.
Omar said that people should be made aware in the rural areas that NRHM possesses an important component for promotion of hygiene among adolescent girls and they have various facilities available under NRHM for this purpose through ASHA workers.
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