Gujarat CM wants to start Health University for Healthy Society

Gandhinagar, 13 November 2014

Gujarat Chief Minister Mrs. Anandiben Patel today expressed a desire to start ‘Health University’ in Gujarat for creating a healthy society through holistic approach.

The Chief Minister was speaking at a function organized to launch statewide health check-up programme for school children. Under this programme nearly 4-lakh medical workers will check health of over 1.50-crore school children by January 10, 2015.
The Chief Minister suggested to the state health department to cover every school going child under this health check-up programme. We have to launch a health awareness campaign that develops good habits for healthy life style and awareness for health that no children ever fall sick, she added.

Elaborating her thought further, Mrs. Patel expressed a firm desire to start a healthy university that would teach the people about how to be healthy and good-health-habits to set-up a healthy society.

The Chief Minister appealed to launch a ‘Safai Abhiyaan’ on a larger scale in and around the Government’s health centers, hospitals, clinics, primary and social health centers on December 6, 2014 with people participations. She also gave a slogan ‘Healthy Guajrat, Wealthy Guajrat’ and appealed to work to make it a reality.

On the occasion, the Chief Minister also gave away ‘Appointment Letter’ to 1954 newly appointed nurses (male-females).

Others who spoke on the occasion included, Gujarat Health Minister Mr. Nitin Patel, Minister of state health Mr. Shankarbhai Chaudhary and others.

While, Minister of State for women & child welfare Mrs. Vasuben Trivedi, MLAs, Mayors, health officials and others were also present on the occasion.