Friday, 31 March 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Union Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that any company making spurious medicines will not be spared. The authorities are conducting checks across India and action is being taken against such pharmaceutical companies, he said. The minister said this after arriving in Dehradun on a two-day State visit on Thursday.
Regarding the Char Dham Yatra, Mandaviya said that the Health ministry will provide all possible assistance to Uttarakhand for the pilgrimage. The ministry will attempt to ensure that no pilgrim faces any problem related to medical treatment. There is also a scheme for providing incentive to doctors, paramedical staff and other personnel deputed to Char Dham Yatra duty, he added.
The minister along with the State’s Health minister Dhan Singh Rawat also visited a Jan Aushadi Kendra in Dehradun where he interacted with the health personnel and beneficiaries. The minister said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to providing cheap and effective medicines to the general public. The Jan Aushadhi Kendra have been opened to ensure that nobody dies in the absence of medicines. He informed that there are more than 9,500 Jan Aushadhi Kendra across the nation which are visited by about 20 lakh people daily. Citing examples, he said that a cancer medicine which costs Rs 800 is available for Rs 137 in the Jan Aushadhi Kendra while another medicine which costs Rs 400 is available for Rs 60 in the Jan Aushadhi Kendra.
Later, the minister reached Malari in Chamoli district where he interacted with the local residents regarding various governmental schemes, electricity, water and mobile connectivity. Talking to the media, Mandaviya said that roads, network connectivity, electricity, water and health facilities have improved in border areas. Stating that means for employment are being increased in villages, he said that integrated efforts are being made under the Vibrant Village scheme to develop border regions of the nation into vibrant villages. The Union minister also held a meeting with district officials to review execution of the Vibrant Village scheme.
