Haryana Health and Family Welfare Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said that a separate provision has been made for health-related buildings in the health budget and soon a survey will be conducted for the dilapidated buildings of the Health Department and after the survey, that building will be repaired.

Vij further said that e-Library will soon be started in every hospital in Haryana and medical colleges will also be associated with this e-Library so that students pursuing DNB course can get the latest and world class information. Vij was addressing a gathering as the chief guest during the DNB Orientation Programme in Panchkula.

He said that the world is now moving towards digitization and the state of Haryana is also moving fast in this direction. In this episode, the hospitals of the state are connected with e-Upchaar, but they want that every PHC and hospital in the state should be connected to e-Upchaar and the Health Department is moving forward towards this initiative.

Vij said that soon mapping regarding health for which tenders have been invited will be done in Haryana. He said that at present health facilities are being provided on the basis of demand, but after mapping, health facilities will be available to the people of the state on the basis of need. He said that mapping will be done by an agency which will reveal how much health facilities are required at which city, town or village level of the state. He said that Haryana will be the first state to get mapping done in the field of health.

Health Minister said that the introduction of DNB courses will benefit the Health Department. He said that in this way the health department of the state would get double benefit. He said that the Central Government has sanctioned an amount of Rs. 9 crore for DNB infrastructure, which will include equipment and guest faculty etc. He said that at present there are 76 seats for DNB courses in the state and their number will be increased soon.

The Health Minister said that there are dialysis centers in 21 districts, city scans in 22 districts, cathlabs in 4 districts in the last 4 years. The process of opening cathlabs in other districts is also going on. Apart from this, the process of recruitment of 1,250 doctors has been completed in the health department, out of which 950 doctors have been selected and soon these doctors will give their services in the department.

Vij said that 6 medical colleges are running and 6 medical colleges are being set up. He said that we have huge infrastructure related to health, so we can start DNB courses in these hospitals. Apart from this, Vij also shared his past experiences.

Additional Chief Secretary, Health Department, Rajeev Arora said that apprentices of various courses will also be appointed in the state hospitals soon. Apart from this, Haryana has done good work on campaigns against Hepatitis, Covid etc. He said that we have to pay more attention to how our paramedical staff and field workers can be upgraded. He said that to eradicate TB by the year 2025, we have to start from today itself only then we can eliminate TB from the state. Apart from this, we have to run the anemia programme on a large scale.