With a sharp focus and providing momentum to Nari Shakti, the government will encourage vaccination for girls in the age group 9 - 14 years to prevent cervical cancer.
The envisaged Shillong Medical College aims to harness existing resources such as the Civil Hospital, Shillong, and Ganesh Das Hospital.
Miss Banerjee, while speaking at a meeting with senior officials, including chief secretary HK Dwivedi, home secretary BP Gopalika and other bureaucrats at the state secretariat Nabanna
This was announced by Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya after the CCEA meeting. The step will add approximately 15,700 nursing graduates every year.
The requirement for equipment and books has been determined by a committee constituted by Rajasthan Medical Education Society
The state government has proposed six new medical colleges - one each in Arambagh in Hooghly district, Uluberia in Howrah district, Barasat in North 24 Parganas, Tamluk in East Midnapore, Jahjargram and Jalpaiguri.
The major “culprits”, so to speak, are Patna Medical College and the Government Ayurvedic College in Begusarai. The CAG report has scanned the Nalanda Medical College, the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, the Government Medical College in Bettiah and Darbhanga Medical College.
The first consignment of around 70-80 lakh vials of Covid vaccines is likely to reach the city on Tuesday, a senior official of the state health department said. The first phase of vaccination drive among health workers.
No Reverse transcription, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) or RT-PCR tests, conducted to detect the presence of pathogens in the body, will be done for coronavirus patients showing mild symptoms before they are discharged, the Union Health Ministry said.
The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 166 and the number of cases climbed to 5,734 in the country on Thursday.
