MCH Hospital Gandhi Nagar to get milk bank at cost of Rs 42.7 lakh
Jammu: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, has given its approval for the establishment of first of its kind 'Milk Bank '-a (Comprehensive Lactation Management Centre) at Maternity Hospital (MCH), Gandhinagar, Govt Medical College Jammu at cost of Rs 42.70 lakhs.
As per GMC officials, the ‘Milk Bank’ worth Rs 42.70 lakhs has been sanctioned by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India at Maternity Hospital, Gandhi Nagar, Govt Medical College Jammu, news agency UNI reported.
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“It has been sanctioned after many years efforts,” they said and added that the maternity hospital Gandhi Nagar is already running State-of-the-Art 150 bedded NICU and taking load of SMGS Hospital as well as periphery to manage all sick neonates in addition to the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics also operating simultaneously.
As per a media report in the Daily Excelsior, While Rs 16.61 lakh has been sanctioned by the Government for infrastructure of the CLMC, Rs 30.59 lakh has been sanctioned for the procurement of equipment for the Centre. The project has been sanctioned with the continuous efforts of Dr Ashutosh Gupta, Principal and Dean, GMC Jammu and Dr Ghanshyam Saini (HoD Paediatrics) under over all supervision of Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah (Administrative Secretary), who is also chairman of NHM J&K.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that in a move aimed to bolster healthcare infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has constructed permanent 100-bed hospitals at Baltal in Ganderbal district and Chandanwari in Anantnag district. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has partnered with the Department of Health and Medical Education, Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
