Friday, 09 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
A five member high level committee to be constituted for implementation of the vaccination resolution
The newly appointed Health Minister of Uttarakhand Dhan Singh Rawat has claimed that the State would achieve the task of 100 percent vaccination by the month of December this year. He said this while undertaking a review meeting of the health department at the state secretariat on Thursday. The minister said that the state government has set a target of cent percent vaccination till December 2021 for the safety of people from Covid-19. He said that a five member high level committee at the government level would be constituted for implementation of the vaccination resolve. This committee would submit its report every 15 days to the chief minister.
He added that similar committees would be set up at district level (headed by District magistrate) and assembly constituency level (headed by local MLA).
These committees would oversee the vaccination drive and other preventive activities for Covid -19. In the meeting Rawat directed the officials to ensure availability of doctors and other staff at primary health centres (PHC) and community health centres (CHC). He said that all the sanitation status of all the hospitals of the state would be reviewed every 15 days. Rawat assured that the departmental promotion process would be completed soon and the medical professionals and health workers would be felicitated at every level.
The minister also sought information about the deployment of doctors, technicians and other staff members and the Ayushman scheme from the officials in the meeting. He was also informed about the activities of the National Health Mission (MHM).
The meeting was attended by the secretary health Amit Singh Negi, Pankaj Pandey, MD NHM Sonika, director general (DG) state health services Dr Tripti Bahuguna, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) state health authority Arunendra Chauhan and others.
