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Village Health Sanitation Panels Launched 
The state government on Thursday launched village health sanitation committees (VHSCs) with panchayats as the base unit. The committees would be responsible for works related to public health, nutrition, sanitation and environmental protection in each revenue village forming a panchayat.
The scheme has been launched under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), which envisages a functional VHSC in each revenue village under the guidance of the panchayat concerned. Currently, the committee has been set up in 7,789 panchayats across the state. Launching the scheme at the Soochna Bhawan here, state health minister Nand Kishore Yadav said that the motive behind constituting VHSCs in each gram panchayat is to address the health concern of villagers and make them aware about health care. Yadav said that the committee would look after health care, sanitation and immunization of people residing within its area. He added that since people living in rural areas are not much concerned about their health, the move would help in early diagnosis of their diseases and stopping them from spreading further. Source: Times Of India By Nishant Sinha Village health sanitation panels launched Click On "Full Story" For More... (434 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section HealthPosted on Thu Aug 19, 2010 at 11:15:00 PM EST
Assotech Plans 400-Bed Hospital With Patna Govt To Dominate Health Sector
The upcoming Medili fecare Multispeciality Hospital (MMH), in Kankarbagh, Patna, will be the first major private sector investment in the health sector of Bihar. The 400-bedded hospital intends to provide tertiary level healthcare set up in the state and the eastern region in particular.
It would generate direct and indirect employement for over 5,000 people of Bihar. The hospital will be ready in the next 30 months. The foundation stone was laid by deputy chief minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi along with Bijendra Prasad Yadav, industry minister, Nand Kishore Yadav, health and family welfare minister, Ramanand Prasad Singh, transport minister and Arun Kr Sinha, MLA. Also present at the occasion were doctors, along with administrators and many other personalities of the city. With an investment of Rs 150 crore over a period of 30 months, Assotech Limited, one of the leading developers in the country, will develop the hospital. It's Assotech's first venture in to healthcare, though the company has almost twenty five years of experience in all verticals of real estate. This hospital is scheduled to commence its operations by the end of 2012. Source: Economic Times By Pallavee Dhaundiyal Panthry Assotech plans 400-bed hospital with Patna govt to dominate health sector Click On "Full Story" For More... (512 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section HealthPosted on Sat Apr 24, 2010 at 10:55:43 PM EST
Bihar Govt To Sign MoU With Gates Foundation
A memorandum of understanding will soon be signed between the Bihar government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for executing a slew of health projects in selected districts of the state.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
The Foundation had in principle agreed to commit about Rs 500-crore for the projects in a meeting on Wednesday between the state officials and a visiting Gates Foundation team, state Health department's principal secretary C K Mishra said here today. The 11-member foundation team, headed by Ashok Alexander, consented during the meeting to offer "co-operation and finding" for the projects. One of the major areas of the foundation's focus would be projects on reproductive health and nutrition, but it is also interested in funding efforts to combat and control tuberculosis, kala-azar, pneumonia and polio. Source: PTI Bihar govt to sign MoU with Gates Foundation Posted on Sat Jan 30, 2010 at 11:07:09 PM EST
Bihar Facing Serious Shortage Of Lab Technicians, Nurses, Pharmacists
Notwithstanding special attention of National Rural Health Mision (NRHM) Bihar is witnessing serious shortage of lab technicians, nurses and pharmacists. There is 92 per cent shortage of lab technicians, 33 per cent of nurses and 74 per cent of pharmacists in the state.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
The above figure came up during the discussion on the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) organized by the Centre for Health And Resource Management (CHARM) in Patna on Tuesday. The director of CHARM, Dr Shakeel, said that not a single health or sanitation committee has been formed in rural Bihar. While only 28 per cent of the Rogi Kalyan Samiti is functional, ambulance service is not available free of cost. He sought audit of maternal mortality rate and infant mortality rate, abolition of user fee for the poor, food security and regular immunisation programmes. Dr Shakeel said that the pace with which the state government is carrying out its tasks under the NRHM, it is unlikely that its objectives would be achieved in the rural areas. Source: Bihartimes.com Bihar facing serious shortage of lab technicians, nurses, pharmacists Posted on Thu Dec 17, 2009 at 08:43:06 PM EST
Centre To Set Up Medicinal Units To Promote Ayurveda
In an effort to facilitate the growth of Ayurveda and other traditional forms of medicine, the Centre plans to invest Rs 650 crore for setting up of drug manufacturing units across the country.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
The medicinal units, which would be established under the National Ayurveda Mission, will have processing, research and laboratory facilities, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Gulam Nabi Azad said here today. Patna Ayurvedic College would be upgraded and accorded the status of National Institute of Research, and the Patna Regional Research Centre of Unani medicines would be turned into a model institute, Azad told the concluding session of 'Arogya' organised by 'AYUSH'. He said Ayurveda, Unani and Homeopathy should be extended to villages as these were the cheapest form of treatment. Source: PTI Centre to set up medicinal units to promote ayurveda Posted on Wed Dec 09, 2009 at 10:26:00 PM EST
TIGHTER REGULATIONS - Firms Have To Register With Govt For Clinical Trials On Humans
Mandatory registration should start in three months; human drug trials have so far not been monitored closely
 Organisations conducting clinical trials on humans will soon have to register with the government to be able to carry out such studies as India looks to tighten regulations and enhance transparency in drug research. Mandatory registration of contract research organisations or clinical research organisations (CRO) should start in three months, said Surinder Singh, drugs controller general of India (DCGI). "This is a very good move by the government," said Muralidharan Nair, partner, health sciences practice, at audit and consulting firm Ernst and Young. "In today's world, it (the existing system) gives a poor impression of India that anyone can have a CRO. The registry will allow people to know the strength of a CRO, the services it offers, its credentials and therapeutic segments it covers." Such a registry, he said, was a basic requirement for the industry. India is one of the fastestgrowing clinical research destinations with a growth rate that is two-and-a-half times that of the overall market growth, but human drug trials have so far not been monitored closely. Source: Live Mint By Radhieka Pandeya TIGHTER REGULATIONS - Firms Have To Register With Govt For Clinical Trials On Humans Click On "Full Story" For More... (593 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section HealthPosted on Fri Dec 04, 2009 at 01:36:36 AM EST
New Polio Vaccine To Te Introduced In UP & Bihar
A new bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) would be introduced in the core endemic areas of Western Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which are posing a challenge as far as polio is concerned in India, to prevent the spread of the disease, a senior official of the World Health Organisation said today.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
"Migrant population from Western UP and Bihar has been found to the major carrier of polio. The introduction of new bivalent vaccine in core endemic areas in these states by Jan-Feb 2010 will help prevent the crippling disease in other non-endemic states," Dr Pavana Murthy, Regional Team Leader for WHO's National Polio Surveillance Project-India told a media consultation and workshop on Polio Eradication here. Earlier, Western UP and Bihar were using the trivalent vaccine to prevent all three polio viruses of P1, P2 and P3. Source: PTI New polio vaccine to be introduced in UP & Bihar Posted on Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 09:55:44 PM EST
Health Centres In Towns On Cards
Urban residents in Bihar would soon get the services of urban health centres to be opened in Patna and the nine divisional HQ towns.
Apart from out patient department (OPD) facility, these centres would also provide medicines free of cost to patients as is the practice in the state's government hospitals. Health department has come out with this plan to reduce rush in government hospitals. In the last four years, these hospitals have witnessed manifold increase in the number of patients with the average of patients visiting government hospitals going up from a lowly 39 to 4,500 every month. "One such centre would be opened in each municipal ward of the selected cities," health minister Nand Kishore Yadav told TOI on Thursday, adding services of private medical practitioners would be roped in for running these centres. Source: Times Of India Health centres in towns on cards Click On "Full Story" For More.... (299 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section HealthPosted on Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 08:48:38 PM EST
Bihar Government Promotes Breast-Feeding To Reduce Infant Mortality Rate
Reduce the infant mortality rate in Bihar, the State Government has started an initiative of sending greeting cards to the families of newborns with a message stating the significance of breast-feeding for mother and child.
Health Minister of Bihar Government Nand Kishor Yadav said that the infant mortality rate would drop by 22 percent, if the mothers breastfed their babies. The mortality rate of the mother and the child is very high in India. So, in order to promote breast-feeding, we can drop the infant mortality rate by 22 percent and for this effort we have been praised by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Yadav said. We want to spread the message of breast-feeding even in the remote villages through these cards which had the name of children written on them. Generally it is observed had we printed the brochures the parents would have thrown them away, but the cards they will preserve and through the card the message of breast feeding is being spread, he added. Source: www.littleabout.com Bihar Government promotes breast-feeding to reduce infant mortality rate Click On "Full Story" for More... (300 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section HealthPosted on Mon Nov 02, 2009 at 09:03:04 PM EST
Meira Kumar lays Foundation Stone For A Hospital In Bihar
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Friday laid the foundation stone for a hospital in here, about 40 kilometers from Patna, capital of Bihar.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was present on the occasion. Meira Kumar and Nitish Kumar lighted a traditional oil lamp and laid the foundation stone for the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) medical college-cum-hospital. “Today it’s a day of joy for everyone that the foundation stone of a medical college-cum-hospital has been laid in Bihar and the work on it has already begun,” said Nitish Kumar, while addressing the gathering. “I would like to thank Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who provided the land for this medical college. This will be the 3rd such medical college and it has come up in Bihar,” added Meira Kumar. ESI plans to set up ten medical colleges and hospitals. Two of these colleges are functional in southern India and seven more are in the pipeline. Medical colleges such as these will help India improve the ratio of doctors and patients. India has an average of 6 doctors per one thousand patients while the world’s average is 15 doctors per one thousand patients Source: Thaindian.com Meira Kumar lays foundation stone for a hospital in Bihar Posted on Sat Sep 26, 2009 at 01:44:59 AM EST
ESIC Hospital To Come Uat Bihta
Even as the construction of an AIIMS-like hospital at Phulwarisharif is proving to be a long-drawn affair, the Union ministry for
By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
labour and employment has stepped in to establish a 500-bed hospital -cum- medical college at Bihta in Patna district. The Union minister for labour and employment Mallikarjun Kharge will lay the stone of the project on September 25 in the presence of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. The estimated cost of ESIC medical college is Rs 637 crore. "The state government has allotted 25 acres of land for this project. The building would be constructed in two years. First the hospital will be made operative and thereafter the medical college will be established as per Medical Council of India's guidelines," said ESI Corporation's state medical commissioner Dr Rakesh Garg. Source: Times Of IndiaESIC hospital to come up at Bihta Posted on Wed Sep 23, 2009 at 09:59:37 PM EST
Bihar Plea For A Virology Lab In State
Amid nationwide panic over swine flu pandemic, Bihar has urged the Centre to set up a virology laboratory in the state for quick testing of virus samples.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
Health minister Nand Kishore Yadav told TOI on Wednesday the Centre recently gave permission to open such laboratories at 16 places in the country. But Bihar does not figure in this list. "Thankfully, not a single case has been reported from any part of the state so far. But we need a lab here because a number of people returning from Pune and Mumbai are coming to the PMCH for the test for which we do not have the facility," he said. Yadav said the samples have to be referred to National Institute of Virology in Pune or the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi. He said a swine flu alert has already been sounded and precautionary steps have been taken. The minister said the request for the virology lab was made to the Central team which was here to assess the preparedness of the state government to tackle swine flu. Another Central team is expected to arrive on Thursday, Yadav said. The Central team has suggested that an awareness campaign be launched and a mass contact drive be carried out in the state to educate people about the disease. The Union health ministry team also laid emphasis on the need to sensitise doctors about management protocol and swab collection techniques. The team comprising Union health and family welfare ministry's joint director R S Gupta and National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD)-New Delhi's deputy assistant director D M Thorar met principal health secretary C K Mishra and other top state officials here. They suggested necessary training to the rapid response teams functioning in districts. Source: Times Of India Bihar plea for a virology lab in state Posted on Wed Aug 12, 2009 at 09:32:41 PM EST
Govt To Set up 7,765 Health Sub Centres
The state government has decided to set up 7,765 health sub centres and 1,544 additional public health centres in the state under the National Rural Health Mission programme.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
Replying to a question of Kedar Nath Pandey of the CPI in the Bihar legislative council, health minister Nand K Yadav said that the construction of these health centres would be completed in five years' time. At present, the construction of 1,985 health sub centres and 100 additional public health centres are in progress, Yadav said. Shortage of dentists: The state government on Tuesday admitted that there is acute crisis of dentists in the state. Replying to a question of Mundrika Singh Yadav of the RJD in the council, the health minister said that there are 53 sanctioned posts of dentists in districts. In view of the acute crisis of dentists, the government has appointed dentists on contract for two days in a week in districts on Rs 500 per day. At present, the services of as many as 146 such dentists have been roped in various health centres, the minister said. Medical Council of India: The state government on Tuesday admitted that the Medical Council of India (MCI) had objected the continuance of the principal of the Government Medical College, Bettiah, as he is also holding the charge of principal of S K Medical College, Muzaffarpur. Replying to a question of Nawal K Yadav of the RJD, the health minister said that the MCI's objection were regarding the principals holding additional charges of Bettiah, Madhepura and Pawapuri medical colleges. Legislators' ward: The state government is likely to increase the number of beds in legislators' ward of the Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH). Replying to a question of Ramchandra Prasad of the RJD, health minister Nand K Yadav said that at present there are 12 beds of which eight are for men legislators and the rest are for women. The ministry has sought a detailed proposal for increasing the the number of beds. Source: Times Of India Govt to set up 7,765 health sub centres Posted on Tue Jul 28, 2009 at 08:26:44 PM EST
Bihar Govt Launches Mobile Medical Vans
With a view to provide medical facilities to the far flung areas of the state, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today launched mobile medical unit (MMU) vans named "Arogya Rath" in five districts of the state.
"This facility will cater to the needs of those people who reside in far flung areas of the state as they will not have to go to the hospital, instead hospital will be at their doorstep," Kumar said after flagging off five MMUs vans here. Every district would be provided with one MMU van in the next two months, Kumar said, adding that if the MMU scheme turns out to be a success then the number of MMUs could be increased in the districts. Since the mobile vans would be global positioning system (GPS) enable, its location could be tracked easily, he said. The Chief Minister said that from July 15 patients would get all the pathological and radiology tests done free of cost right from primary health care centres to district hospitals. Source: Zeenews.com Bihar govt launches mobile medical vans Click On "Full Story" For More.... (520 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section HealthPosted on Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 10:34:08 PM EST
DFID Is Considering Major Support For Health Sector Reforms In Bihar
UK government's Department of International Development (DFID) is considering a major initiative for health sector in Bihar. In this regard, a workshop was held here on Wednesday to agree a road map for health sector reforms in the state. If approved by GoB, GoI and DFID, this will be one of the major initiatives ever planned in Bihar to integrate the working of three health sector departments: Department of Health, Social Welfare Department and Public Health Engineering Department with a view to achieve better health outcome and will enable GoB to get approximately Rs. 600 crore to its budget over the next six years.
This will help the state to pump in the much needed resources to address malnutrition by strengthening the Anganwadi Centres in the state and also to achieve 100% sanitation and clean drinking water. The workshop focused on emerging priorities for the State Health Sector Plan in areas related to, among others, maternal and child health, medical education, nutrition, water and sanitation, financial management, and convergence. The event was chaired by the Development Commissioner Anup Mukherjee and attended by Principal Secretaries and other key officials of the departments including Health, Social Welfare, PHED, Panchayati Raj and Finance departments, and Mahadalit Mission. Source: Bihar Times DFID is considering major support for health sector reforms in Bihar Click On "Full Story" For More... (514 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section HealthPosted on Wed Jul 08, 2009 at 11:39:57 PM EST
Amendments To Medical Council of India (MCI) Norms Will Help Bihar
Repeated attempts by Bihar to get the Medical Council of India (MCI) approval for its three new medical colleges seem to have come a cropper.
The MCI teams, which had earlier inspected Vardman Institute of Medical Sciences (Pawapuri) Government Medical College and Hospital (Bettiah) Government Medical College and Hospital (Madhepura), said infrastructure and faculty position are not strong enough to get the green light. There is, however, a glimmer of hope now. For, the Centre is mulling amendments to MCI regulations to facilitate setting up more medical colleges in states as part of its efforts to increase the number of doctors. According to reports, the amendments are being made to rationalize the existing norms of requirement of land and the teacher-student ratio. "It should be done at the earliest because shortage of doctors is not a Bihar-specific problem. The country has a shortage of about 500,000 doctors," state health minister Nand Kishore Yadav told TOI. Source: Times Of India Amendments to MCI norms will help Biha Click On "Full Story" For More... (369 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section HealthPosted on Tue Jul 07, 2009 at 02:35:25 AM EST
Red Cross to Build Blood Banks in Bihar
The state government on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Red Cross organization to build blood banks in 17 district hospitals in Bihar.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
 The agreement was reached in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Health Minister Nand Kishore Yadav, Governor's chief secretary S. K. Negi, and Health Department chief secretary Bhanu Pratap Sharma. According to the agreement, the Indian Red Cross will take charge of sadar hospitals in Samastipur, Muzaffarpur Begusarai, Hajipur, Bihar Sharif, Khagaria, Aurangabad, Lakhisarai, Gopalganj, Bettiah, Munger, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Chhapra, Ara, Buxar, and Siwan by July 31 where it would set up blood banks to help support the local population. The Chief Minister said that the government was committed to providing high-quality blood to patients in Bihar. "With the involvement of Red Cross in restructuring district hospitals, it would be a huge step forward in the area of public health in the state," Kumar said. Source: Patnadaily.com Red Cross to Build Blood Banks in Bihar Posted on Thu Jun 11, 2009 at 03:12:19 AM EST
Patnaites Can Now Avail Services Of State-Of-The-Art Aambulance Service by Dialing Toll Free No. 108
Patnaites can now avail services of state-of-the-art ambulance service by calling toll free number `108'. The state health department has procured 10 such ambulances which are fitted with modern equipment like defibrillator, ECG, cardiac monitor, resuscitation kit etc. Five of these 10 ambulances are also fitted with ventilators using which a patient can be kept on life support system temporarily.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
All these ambulances are fitted with global positioning system (GPS) equipment which would allow the operators to keep a tab on the exact position of a particular ambulance. Then there would be medical technicians and helpers in these ambulances to attend patients availing this service. The state government has roped in the services of Ziquitza Healthcare, Mumbai, for providing this service to the city residents. The said company has expertise in providing such services and at present it is running 81 such ambulances in Mumbai and Kerala. The service has been designed on public-private partnership (PPP) model and user would have to pay Rs 300 for availing the facility. Members of below poverty line (BPL) families, however, would not have to pay for services given to them as payment would be made from funds of Patients' Welfare Committee, health minister Nand Kishore Yadav told TOI. The health department has also worked out details for positioning of these ambulances with the target being providing ambulance services to the city residents within 15 minutes of call made on the toll free number. The places where these ambulances would be stationed are G G S Hospital, Patna City; Jayaprabha Hospital, Kankerbagh; PHC, Phulwarisharif; Sub-divisional hospital, Danapur; IGIC, Patna; PHC, Fatuha; Kurji Hospital and Rajvanshi Nagar Hospital.
A dedicated control room has been set up to monitor "For now, we are starting this project on a pilot basis and if it proves to be useful, the services would be extended to other parts of the state also in future," said the health minister. Source: Times Of IndiaCity to have 10 state-of-the-art ambulances Posted on Thu Jun 04, 2009 at 03:19:59 AM EST
Bihar To Increase Hospital Strength
Bihar government would create 10,000 more beds in district hospitals across the state, state Health Minister Nand Kishore Yadav said on Tuesday.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
He said the number of beds in the district hospitals having 100 beds would be increased to 500. In nine districts including Vaishali, Samastipur, Sitamarhi and Purnia, the number of beds would be 500, whereas in other 28 district hospitals, the strength would be 300, Mr. Yadav said. These would also include hospitals in Bhojpur, Jehanabad, Katihar, Khagaria, Kishanganj and Sheikhpura. The health department was preparing a detailed project report, the minister said. Tenders would be floated at the earliest and efforts would be made to start work this year, Mr. Yadav said. According to him, the districts having medical colleges would get only 100 beds in the Sadar hospitals. "Our objectives is to accommodate a maximum number of patients in hospitals and also ease pressure on medical college and hospitals," Mr. Yadav said. He said the department was in the process of planning to meet the financial and manpower needed for the project. "We have already requested Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) to recruit 2,132 doctors on a regular basis and expect to get the list by July," Mr. Yadav said. Source: The Hindu Bihar to increase hospital strength Posted on Wed May 27, 2009 at 03:56:59 AM EST
Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA) Allotted 25 acres Land For Hospital
Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA) has allotted 25 acres of its land in the Bihta (Patna) industrial area to the State Employees' Insurance Corporation, New Delhi, for opening a medical college and hospital there.
By Tiwari, Section Health
According to a BIADA communique, the allotment of land would lead to investment of Rs 201 crore in the health sector, which would help further in improving the state's health care services. Source: Times Of India Land for hospital allotted Posted on Sat Jan 31, 2009 at 11:27:56 PM EST
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