Bihar to set up newborn child care units at district level, says Minister Mangal Pandey
Patna: Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey said that Newborn Care Units (NCUs) will be launched at 13 places in February, making the state the first one in the country, where NCUs will operate at the district level.
According to a UNI report, after reviewing the state health committee's progress in a meeting here on Friday Pandey said that kit would be given to the beneficiaries under schemes. He directed the authorities to increase the institutional deliveries and asked them to ensure the availability of machines at the hospitals in the blocks.
He said that mobile eye screening vehicle would be initiated soon in the state. Mobile bike portable testing kits would start from the March to make Bihar free from tuberculosis.
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The Minister later inaugurated the cardiovascular cath lab system and emergency department at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences. He said that now the people of the state would get the modern treatment within the state.
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