Bihar to get 3 new medical colleges, 11 trauma centres soon

On the other hand, the construction work of medical college hospitals in Siwan, Samastipur, Purnia, Buxar and Begusarai, among other districts has progressed and soon would be available for medical aspirants and the local people.

1.60 lakh vacant posts had been either identified or newly created for the new proposed trauma centres.

While primary health centre (PHC) type hospitals will be constructed in the assembly constituencies, as much as Rs1,754 crore has been allotted for it, he added.

Tejashwi also said, “the need to increase the honorarium of the ASHA and Mamata health workers is in active consideration of the government, which has also decided to create state cadres of auxiliary nursing maids (ANMs), government doctors and health managers to facilitate their posting in their own districts.”

He said 11 Sadar/district hospitals would be developed as model hospitals for which Rs 580 crore has been earmarked.

Referring to the achievements made by the health department, Tejashwi said “Bihar is the first state in the country to put in place the CM Digital Health Yojana to facilitate free telemedicine services. Besides, around 98,000 free cataract removal operations have been conducted till Monday, against the target of 1 lakh. 700 government doctors have been dismissed from service for remaining absent from duty without any authorisation for five to 15 years.”

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