DIBRUGARH, Feb 26: Twenty ambulances were handed over to the authorities of twenty tea gardens during a brief function at Dibrugarh today.
The initiative is part of the public private partnership under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). A financial grant of Rs 15 lakhs is being extended by the state government to forty three gardens as part of its effort to improve medical health facilities there. The estates have already received the first installment of Rs 9 lakhs.
The Parliamentary Secretary for Health Jibantara Ghatowar, the President of Dibrugarh Zila Parishad Meena Teli and the Deputy Commissioner of Dibrugarh GK Tripathi were present on the occasion. In her speech, Ghatowar recalled her growing up years in tea garden and the deplorable state of medical facilities. While expressing her gratitude towards the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma for including the tea gardens in the various schemes of the government, she said that the patients of tea gardens would be able to reach hospitals faster now that the ambulances were available.
The Parliamentary Secretary later flagged off the ambulances.
The initiative is part of the public private partnership under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). A financial grant of Rs 15 lakhs is being extended by the state government to forty three gardens as part of its effort to improve medical health facilities there. The estates have already received the first installment of Rs 9 lakhs.
The Parliamentary Secretary for Health Jibantara Ghatowar, the President of Dibrugarh Zila Parishad Meena Teli and the Deputy Commissioner of Dibrugarh GK Tripathi were present on the occasion. In her speech, Ghatowar recalled her growing up years in tea garden and the deplorable state of medical facilities. While expressing her gratitude towards the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma for including the tea gardens in the various schemes of the government, she said that the patients of tea gardens would be able to reach hospitals faster now that the ambulances were available.
The Parliamentary Secretary later flagged off the ambulances.
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