Nagaland Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Imkong L Imchen, with delegates at the launching of the NUHM in Kohima on Monday.
NUHM formally launched in Nagaland
Our Correspondent
Kohima | February 24
The National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), Nagaland, aimed at providing adequate and efficient urban public health delivery system for the urban poor, was formally launched by Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Imkong L Imchen here today.
Our Correspondent
Kohima | February 24
The National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), Nagaland, aimed at providing adequate and efficient urban public health delivery system for the urban poor, was formally launched by Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Imkong L Imchen here today.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister announced that Government of India has agreed to upgrade the District Hospital Kohima to Medical College under the 12th plan. The college will have a Tertiary Care Hospital which will be the referral centre for all difficult and complicated cases. He further announced that setting up of a Tertiary Cancer Hospital in the Medical College is also on the pipeline. He added that the department of Health and Family Welfare is working towards rapid development and progress in all fronts, saying that the department has bagged the top most position of health care delivery system in the small category states in the country.
The Minister informed that Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the state has been brought down to 18 (2012-13) from 27 in 2009. With this, he congratulated all the doctors, nurses and staffs for the significant achievement and urged them to work harder.
“The National Urban Health Mission aims to address the health concerns of the urban poor through facilitating equitable access to available health facilities by rationalizing and strengthening of the existing capacity of health delivery for improving the health status of the urban poor. This will be done in a manner to ensure that well identified facilities are set up for each segment of target population, which can be accessed conveniently,” said Imchen.
The minister said all the services delivered under the urban health delivery system through the urban- PHCs and urban- CHCs will be universal in nature, whereas the outreach services will be targeted to the target groups (slum dwellers and other vulnerable groups.) Unlike rural areas, sub-centres will not be set up in the urban areas as distances and mode of transportation are much better here. He said that the Government of India’s policy commitment to ensure ‘Health for all’ is envisaged with the advent of ‘National Urban Health Mission’ in the first quarter of 2013-14.
During the launching ceremony, Beiu Angami, secretary health & family welfare Nagaland chaired the function while Dr. Neiphi Kire, principal director health & family welfare delivered the welcome address and Dr. Neikietuo Chiesotsu, mission director NRHM, gave the keynote address. Dr. Sukhato A. Sema, additional director & nodal officer NUHM, proposed the vote of thanks.
