CHANDIGARH: Haryana has been awarded the SKOCH Award for 'Best State in Health'.
Besides this, Anil Vij was awarded with the title of the best health minister in the country. This award has been given for several outstanding initiatives taken in the field of health at the state and district levels.
Additional chief secretary, health, Rajeev Arora, director of AYUSH department, Prabhjot Singh and director general of health Suraj Bhan Kamboj handed over the SKOCH Awards to the health minister. He said that private institution, SKOCH had conducted a thorough research and assessment in the health sector across the country according to which the state of Haryana has performed outstandingly in the field of health in the country. Also, the state of Karnataka was ranked second among them.