Assam Govt bifurcates Health Department

Guwahati, The Assam government has bifurcated the Health & Family Welfare Department into two units and they were given administrative control of various existing directorates, according to a notification. The two new departments are Health & Family Welfare and Medical Education & Research.  

The exercise was carried out "in the interest of public service", the notification said.

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The Health & Family Welfare Department will comprise Directorate of Health Services, Directorate of Health Services (Family Welfare), Directorate of Ayush, National Health Mission, Food Safety and Drugs Administration, Assam State AIDS Control Society and all nursing schools.

The Medical Education & Research will include Directorate of Medical Education, Government Ayurvedic and Homeopathic colleges, Assam Cancer Care Foundation, Atal Amrit Abhijan Society, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana and Assam Employees Health Scheme.

Assam Health System Strengthening Project Society, Srimanta Sankardeva University of Health Sciences and any institution related to medical education and research will also come under the administrative control of the newly created Medical Education & Research Department.

"All correspondences relating to the existing Health & Family Welfare Department will now be made in the name of the aforementioned new departments as per allocation as aforesaid," the notification stated.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier published that four new medical colleges were among projects worth Rs 7,876.45 crore approved by the Assam government. 

The cabinet of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, during a meeting, sanctioned Rs 3,107 crore for the construction of a four-lane bridge connecting Palasbari near Guwahati airport with Sualkuchi, known for its textile industry centred around Assam silk.

Under the same project worth Rs 2,390 crore, skilled workers working in tea and food processing, and handicrafts and textiles industries in Assam will be upskilled, it said.

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