The ministry has strengthened the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), which allows for a decentralized system of response through trained multi-disciplinary Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) to institute requisite public health control and containment measures, Nadda said.
Inaugurated by Union health minister J P Nadda on Sept 6 last year through videoconferencing, the five-storey, 100-bed hospital was built at a cost of Rs 32 crore. Designed to address the healthcare needs of Danapur and its surrounding areas, the hospital has 60 rooms, including an emergency ward and a registration desk.
Responding to a question, he said the Government of Bihar in April 2023 offered 151.17 acres of land at Ekmi Shobhan Bypass, Bahadurpur, in Darbhanga for the establishment of the AIIMS in lieu of the land at Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital campus which was earlier approved by the state for transfer in November 2021.
Giving details of the scheme, Nadda said, "When the delivery takes place, if it is a C-section, then the (hospital) stay is free for seven days. If there is a complication with the child, the stay is for 10 days along with the child."
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)'s initiatives, from establishing national centres for Assistive Health Technology to promoting sustainable assistive products and conducting the world's largest AT survey are making a lasting impact, he further said.
The Indian Medical Association has written to Union Health Minister J P Nadda seeking enactment of a special central law to curb attacks and violence against doctors as a "deterrence" measure, besides the declaration of hospitals as safe zones
Union Health Minister J P Nadda paid a surprise visit to Safdarjung Hospital and cleaned the hospital surroundings as part of 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'.
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