Right to Health is a revolutionary initiative, says Governor Tandon
| Date :03-Nov-2019 |
Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Tulsiram Silavat presenting a ‘Sankalp Udghoshana Patra’ to the Governor Lalji Tandon in the concluding session of Health Conclave on Saturday.
Staff Reporter :
Minister Silavat presents Sankalp Udghoshna Patra to Governor Tandon
Governor Lalji Tandon has said that the Right to Health is a revolutionary initiative. Efforts must be made with realistic vision for its successful implementation. He said that there is a need to identify the reality of society and move ahead with new thinking. Tandon was addressing the concluding session of the Health Conclave at Minto Hall on Saturday. Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Tulsiram Silavat presented a Sankalp Udghoshana Patra to the Governor. Governor Tandon said that educated and healthy people are the basis of the society. Due to increasing marketism in the medical field, a blind race has begun for money-making in the society which must be stopped.
Arrangement for free treatment of up to Rs 5 lakh to the poor has been made under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme. Effective medicines are being made available at affordable prices through Jan-Aushadhalayas. Shortage of doctors will also end in the next 5 years. Tandon said that the entire society is supposed to serve to deliver these benefits to Antyodaya. Referring to the ancient Indian system of medicine, Governor Tandon said that the ideals and beliefs of the Vaidyas in ancient India were so high that if a poor would return from their doors without treatment, they would be liable to divine punishment and all their knowledge would be destroyed. The treatment method was also cost-based.
Common people were treated free of cost with churna (powder) and laip (coating of paste) and the rich class was treated with Ras Bhasma for which they were charged. He said that this heritage of culture has to be propagated for the right to health. Public Health Family Welfare Minister Tulsiram Silavat said that Madhya Pradesh will become the first state to recognize the right to health in the country. Rapid efforts have been made to meet the needs of the health sector in the state. The vacant posts of Physicians, PG and Non-PG Medical Officers, Community Health Medical Officers, Nursing Staff have been filled. The recruitment for the remaining posts is in progess at a fast pace.
He said that more than one thousand recruitment are being made through Public Service Commission. About 550 doctors have been recruited. On the occasion Medical Education Minister Dr Vijailaxmi Sadho, Law-Legal Affairs Minister P C Sharma, Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Kamleshwar Patel, Urban Development Minister Jaivardhan Singh, Human Rights Commission member Justice Narendra Kumar Jain, Swami Varishthanand of Ramkrishna Mission along with a large number of dignitaries were present.