New Delhi, Oct 7 (UNI) Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan, along with his MoS Aswini Kumar Choubey and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Wednesday digitally inaugurated the Super Specialty Block (SSB) at the Shyam Shah Government Medical College, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.
Inaugurating the Super Speciality Block, Dr Harsh Vardhan congratulated the people of Rewa and Madhya Pradesh stating that "This will make India self reliant in medical services. The SSB will provide state-of-the-art
tertiary health care services to the people who earlier had to travel to other big cities to avail of the facilities."
The 200-bedded Super Specialty Block is built with an investment of Rs 150 crore under the Pradhan Mantri
Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) of Government of India. It has departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery,
Nephrology, Urology, Cardiology, CTVS, Neonatology and Pulmonary Medicine. There will be six modular
Operation Theatres, 200 Super Specialty Beds, 30 ICU Beds and eight ventilators in the SSB, an official release here said.
This facility will have a training capacity of 14 Post Graduate students.
Recalling late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Independence Day 2003 address to set up six AIIMS type
hospitals under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, the minister said "the Modi government is committed to providing affordable medical care facility in all the regions. The number of AIIMS has been increased from six to 22 while another 75 existing institutions are envisioned to be upgraded to provide AIIMS like services."
He also informed that the Union Government has sanctioned upgradation of Medical Colleges in the district of
Rajgarh, Mandla, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Sheopur, Singrauli and Maheshwar under Phase 3 of PMSSY in 2019-20.
On India’s fight against COVID-19, Dr Harsh Vardhan said "We have successfully ramped up our testing capacity which has crossed more than 8 crore milestone in terms of total tests. From one lab in January, we now have 1,889 labs spread across the country." He expressed confidence in the scientific developments taking place in the field of treatment and vaccines for COVID-19 and said soon India will achieve more success in our fight against COVID-19.”
Mr Chauhan thanked the Union Government for its proactive role in strengthening the health infrastructure in Madhya Pradesh.
Sunil Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Vishvas Sarang, Minister of
Medical Education, Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation, Madhya Pradesh, Rajmani Patel, Member of Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh, Janardan Mishra, Member of Lok Sabha from Rewa, along with senior dignitaries
were present at the event.
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