GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday inaugurated Jeevanjyoti Institute of Medical Sciences, a 300-bed super specialty hospitality at Silchar that is expected to boost healthcare facility in the entire Barak valley and also serve the people of the adjoining states of Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Sonowal said that the state government accords top priority to improvement of healthcare facilities in the state so that the poor and needy could avail best medical facilities.
Further saying that the state government is implementation several schemes for ensuring social security and economic growth of the people, Sonowal informed that dredging of Barak River has already been launched and construction of Swami Vivekananda International Research Centre will start soon.
Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma underlined the need for coordinated effort of the government and private sector for improvement of the healthcare infrastructure in the state. He informed that as a result of state government’s efforts, two thousand people have been benefitted so far under Atal Amrit Abhiyan.
He also informed that the “Ayushmaan Bharat Yojna” would be rolled out in the state in the month of November and this scheme would benefit around 27 lakh poor families. Dr Sharma also said that construction of Karimganj Medical College and enrolment for dental course at Silchar Medical College would begin during current fiscal. He added that cancer care centres would be opened at Silchar and Karimganj as part of state government’s initiative to strengthen cancer care facilities at designated health institutions in the state with support from Tata Trust.
In an attempt to allay apprehension prevailing in Barak Valley areas over the process of updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the Chief Minister also said that updating of the NRC was going on smoothly in the State under the guidance of the Supreme Court of India and it was on the verge of completion. He also urged the people not to panic if name on anyone of them were not included in the drafts as they would be given ample opportunity to register their claims and objections and each of them would get equal opportunity.