Well being minister leads 8,000 individuals to take pledge in Agra

Union Well being Minister Mansukh Mandaviya led round 8,000 individuals in taking a pledge for organ donation on the GIC floor in Agra on Saturday.

Giving a clarion name to “donate blood when alive and donate organs after death”, Mandaviya stated the federal government has determined to provide monetary help of Rs 10,000 monthly to all of the poor individuals present process organ transplants.

“Arrangements will also be made for their regular check-ups,” he stated. The well being minister stated that by the top of 2024, preparations for organ retrieval can be made in all hospitals and medical schools of the nation.

Addressing a gathering on the GIC floor, Mandaviya stated that there might be no better service to mankind than donating organs to save lots of one other life. The Union well being minister additionally inaugurated a brilliant speciality block at Sarojini Naidu Medical School (SNMC), Agra and an organ donation registry.

To register to donate organs, the one necessities are the Aadhaar quantity, and the Aadhaar-linked cellular quantity.

Mandaviya highlighted that the tremendous speciality block at SNMC is constructed in an space of seven,890 sq. metres at a value of Rs 200 crores. He said that the power in SNMC will cater to round three crore individuals in not solely Agra but additionally 11 districts and two surrounding states.

Mandaviya stated that the tremendous speciality block at SNMC will embody companies like neurosurgery, neurology, gastroenterology, gastro surgical procedure, urology, nephrology, cardiology and so on.

He additionally laid the muse stone for 23 built-in public well being labs and 87 block public well being models in Agra on the identical day. Mandaviya additionally stated that the Narendra Modi authorities has taken a number of landmark initiatives to extend the healthcare workforce in addition to to enhance and increase healthcare infrastructure within the nation.

By means of a video message, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lauded the organ donation initiative. “Donating one organ can give a new lease of life to another person,” he stated.

The well being ministry on Sunday will introduce the ‘Ayushman Bhav’ marketing campaign – to make sure optimum supply of well being schemes to each meant beneficiary, together with these within the final mile – throughout the ‘Seva Pakhwada’ beginning on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17.

The marketing campaign will finish on October 2. It can have three elements Ayushman Apke Dwar 3.0, Ayushman Melas at Well being and Wellness Centres (HWCs) and Group Well being Centres (CHCs) and Ayushman Sabhas in each village and panchayat.