TAMENGLONG: The newly implemented Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyaram (JSSK) scheme which entitles pregnant women delivering in public health institutions to absolutely free and no expense delivery including caesarean section under the National Rural Health Mission(NRHM), has benefited as many as 252 pregnant women in Manipur’s Tamenglong.
This was stated by District Program Manager Ms Abuana Gonmei of NRHM, Tamenglong on the first technical session of the 3 day Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign on the flagship programs of the Central government at Tamenglong today.
She said ASHAs(Accredited Social Health Activist)and the health workers are mobilizing the interior village women in their village. They are the back born of the National Rural Health Mission in Tamenglong, she added and narrated the role and activities of ASHAs.
She said that another new scheme called Adolescence Friendly Health Clinic also launch six clinics in Tamenglong for all adolescence who did not want to consult their health problems to their parents. The adolescence may consult the doctor on every Friday afternoon(2-4 pm).
The district program manager also revealed that the first referral district hospital Tamenglongis running acute shortage of manpower as it has only 20 doctors against around 50 each in the other district hospitals. However besides 252 ASHAs, there are around 11 staff nurses,27 ANMs,12 ASHA felicitators and 6 Ayush doctors under NRHM Tamenglong.
“No one is willing to be posted in Tamenglong due to many reasons including lack of infrastructure, lack of electricity or bad telecommunication etc ”, Abuana opined. The Operation Theatre building has completed but there is no special doctor posted here, to be functional the district hospital has organized two surgical camps in the recent time where as many as 26 major and 17 minor cases were operated successfully. The next surgical camp would be organized in November 2013, she informed.
She further said that the District Mobile Medical Unit has organized 103 camps till date despite having Ultra- sound machine due to lack of technician.
She also mentioned that under NRHM scheme in Tamenglong, Village Health Sanitation Committee also formed with the village authority with ASHAs as president and secretary of the committee respectively. The District Health Mission Society has sanctioned some fund to organize awareness campaign on health and sanitation. “The committee is responsible for any health program or issues related to the health in their respective village”, she said. “As many as 15 government schools have been covered this year besides conducting school health programme”.
Later a public interaction followed by a quiz competition among the school students were also held in the day’s afternoon session.
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