Maharashtra's Latur Gets PM's Excellence Award For District Health Service
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The award was bestowed on the district for health services rendered to some 50 lakh people through a wide network of primary health centres and sub-centres, he said.
Latur district in Maharashtra received the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration at the National Civil Services Day event in New Delhi on Friday, an official said.
The award was bestowed on the district for health services rendered to some 50 lakh people through a wide network of primary health centres and sub-centres, he said.
Latur has 233 'arogyavardhni' (wellness) centres under the Centre's flagship Ayushman Bharat scheme and services offered include health check-ups of pregnant women, children, adolescent girls, treatment of infectious diseases, cancer, and diabetes as well as advice on leading a health lifestyle, he said.
The award has been given after considering medicine stock, health infrastructure including ambulances, and camps, as well as innovative schemes in Latur like 'sanjivani abhiyan' for cancer diagnosis, 'jeevanrekha kaksh' to prevent maternal mortality, the official said.
