Protecting the health of our society is alike protecting our nation:Modi(Video)

Gandhinagar, 3 December 2013

Chief Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated ‘Healthy Gujarat’ discussion conference and said that he will carry out the valued campaign for cleanliness of Mahatma Gandhi for the neat and clean Gujarat till the next 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 2019 and keeping the celebration of Independence ‘Amrut Mahotsav’ at the center, he inspirationally spoke about these agenda to make health services more valuable for the healthy Gujarat.

Under health department, the ‘Healthy Gujarat Agenda for Action’ conference was organized at Mahatma Mandir. In this group discussion for healthy Gujarat, doctors and various service providers of state health department, private doctors and around 4500 officials and representatives of medical education across the state took part. In this conference, there were eight discussion sessions organized.

‘‘The healthiness of society and taking care of citizens’ health is as valuable as safeguarding one’s nation and both the patient and doctor always expect for healthy body. All the medical services and care centers are not meant to be limited as just for citizens’ physical wellbeing. And Government’s intent is not just about making the most of these mediums but rather it’s aimed to inclusively make healthy Gujarat,’’ Chief Minister said.

He said, ‘‘Health should not be taken as a concern in the formation of human body but our aim is to prevent diseases and illnesses and to make healthy society. For this determined aim, both the government and society have to successfully preplan the co-ordination of resources and structural services.

Chief Minister said that though Gujarat has achieved many fruitful results after taking initiations in an array of medical fields, but now for ‘Quantum Jump ‘ comprehensive action- agenda is our aim. As an instance he informed that hygiene is not the responsibility of health department but due to contamination and insanitation, those of polluted waters causing diseases usually become burden on health department.

He also emphasized the need of medical services to prevent the diseases, by making roadmap preventive health care with successful cooperation and unison of all the Government departments. Where 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 2019 is on the way ahead and making his supreme preference i.e. ‘cleanliness’, as the main objective, Chief Minister determined to boost up , ‘Nirmal Gujarat’ campaign. Regarding this, he said that health parameters for cleanliness should be prepared across Nirmal gram to Nirmal nagar, mahanagar and Nirmal Gujarat and thereby, this will successfully represent the vision of ‘Preventive Health Care’ for the next five years. For the awareness about personal hygiene and social hygiene, he suggested to primarily enlighten the children towards hygienic attributes.

‘‘If we collectively consider over the challenges pertaining to health in the urban, rural, semi-urban and tribal areas, then only we can gauge the characteristics of the diseases or epidemics and thereby effectively enable the medical services as well as alleviate the burden of health department,’’ he added.

Chief Minster said that, ‘ Amrutam-Maa Yojana’ has been better for the poor and really adding up to their health preventive strength.

Understating the use of technology for health care and its services, he suggested to implement most advanced medial equipments for all the doctors and nurses, as well as paramedical staff and ‘ E-Library to be made available in each and every hospital.