CM inaugurates 200-bed Sadar Hospital in Ranchi
Ranchi, August 4: Chief Minister Raghubar Das today said that providing better health care facilities to the poor people of the state was priority for his government and to ensure the health reach among the people many effective steps have been taken.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating a 200-bed Sadar Hospital in Ranchi, he said by December 2018 another 300 beds would be made operational in the hospital. He said steps are being taken to modernise the district hospitals so that people from the villages do not have to come to RIMS of Sadar Hospital for treatment. He said the health care centers are also being strengthened.
�After 70 years of Independence there were only three medical colleges in the state and his government has started work on building three more medical colleges having a capacity of 500 bed each in Dumka, Palamu and Hazaribagh. The Central Government has also given its nod for starting three new medical colleges in Koderma, Chaibasa and Bokaro. In the next three years the number of medical colleges in the state would become nine,� said the CM.
The CM said that AIIMS in Deoghar would be functional in the next two years. He said work of building the cancer hospital in Ranchi with the help of Tata Trust would also start soon. �The maternal and infant mortality rates in the state were high therefore the doctors should at least treat 5-12 patients free of cost and as per the appeal of the Prime Minister on the 9th day of the month they should give their service free of cost for pregnant women and children. Doctors have a vital role to play in making a healthy Jharkhand,� he said.
