The high rate of infant and mother mortality is a shame for the state, Dr Surya Kanta Mishra, the state health minister in Siliguri, said today. Dr Mishra was addressing a gathering at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital this afternoon, after inaugurating a refurbished Anti Retroviral Therapy Centre towards the treatment of Aids patients in north Bengal.
Calling upon the medical fraternity to put forward a dedicated service to lower the exorbitant rate of infant and mother mortality, the health minister said the state government is equipping all hospitals up to the level of public health centres with the related infrastructure facilities.
“We are not only focusing on the medical colleges, but at the same time try to facilitate necessary services and facilities up to the lower level health establishments. This is a must to ensure health services to the common people,” Dr Mishra said.
Referring to the general apathy shown towards HIV-infected persons, both by medical professionals and society at large, the minister cautioned that such attitude would only help the deadly disease to spread. He added that no amount of government decree would change the situation, unless the society changed its mind set towards HIV-infected persons. read more
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