Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the Bharatiya Janata Party government was committed to providing better health care at the doorsteps of the poor and was hence building infrastructure across the state.

“This government is committed to improve its delivery system and it is our commitment to the people. We will be able to fulfil our promise if we can strengthen health care by providing the best possible treatment to the people at their doorsteps,” Yogi said during inspection of Gorakhpur District Hospital on Monday.

The CM said that the government had taken steps to ensure that doctors came to hospital and primary health centres regularly and there was enough stock of medicines.

“Patients coming to these hospitals must get medicines from there. This is our priority,” he said.

Yogi also enquired about the status of 100-bed NICU section which is coming up at the District Hospital. 

“This region has been facing the menace of encephalitis. This separate section will help in providing better facilities to young patients. Also, underweight children will get better treatment here,” he said.

Later, Yogi went to a Leprosy Centre in Chandralok colony and distributed sweets and fruits among the inmates on the occasion of the 68th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also enquired about the facilities there and asked doctors to ensure cleanliness.

The Chief Minister also asked district officials to provide residential accommodation to leprosy patients on a priority basis. “The administration should ensure that their children go to school on a regular basis. These children must be taken care of,” he said.

Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party workers celebrated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday in style and distributed sweets in the hospital while some of them participated in Swachhata campaign.

The government also released 68 prisoners, who had been granted bail but were languishing in jail as they did not have money to pay the surety amount.