Sivaganga Govt Medical College Hospital and Karaikudi GH get LaQshya certificate: TN Health Minister
The Hindu
Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Minister Ma Subramanian presented 'LaQshya' certificate to Sivaganga Govt. Medical College Hospital and Karaikudi Govt. Hospital. New buildings and infrastructural facilities inaugurated in Pranmalai. Two more PHCs to be built at Manamadurai and Sankarapuram. Govt. prioritizing building infrastructural facilities in public hospitals. Nutritious kits presented to 20 pregnant women. Cheques worth ₹9.16 crore given to 104 students for higher education. Banks to provide assistance to students for loan repayment.
The Sivaganga Government Medical College Hospital and Karaikudi Government Hospital have received the ‘Labour room quality improvement initiative (LaQshya) certificate’, said Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Minister Ma Subramanian here on Friday.
Inaugurating new buildings and infrastructural facilities in Pranmalai in Singampunari panchayat union in Sivaganga district in the presence of Cooperation Minister KR Periakaruppan, Sivaganga Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram, Karaikudi MLA S. Mangudi, he said that two more primary health centres (PHC) would come up at Manamadurai and Sankarapuram at a cost of ₹1.20 crore each.
Sivaganga Collector Asha Ajit presided over the meeting in which officials from various departments participated.
The Health Minister said that the government had been according priority to building infrastructural facilities in all the public hospitals. The idea was to minimise the long distances patients have to travel during emergencies. The labour ward and the operation theatre in the headquarters hospital in the district would also be given a facelift.
The Minister further said that a little over ₹25 crore worth works were undergoing in Sivaganga district including at the government medical college hospital, in Tirupathur and Devakottai and among others.
On the occasion, Mr Subramanian presented nutritious kits to 20 pregnant women.
In another function held in Karaikudi, Sivaganga Collector Asha Ajit and Mr Karti Chidambaram presented cheques worth ₹9.16 crore to 104 students aspiring to pursue higher education through bank loans. Senior bank officials led by P G Shankara Krishnan from Indian Overseas Bank, Lead Manager K Illavazhagan and others participated.
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