The District Development Commissioner, Udhampur, Ravinder Kumar, today chaired a meeting of officers to review physical and financial progress under Health Sector in the district.He also reviewed the implementation of various centrally as well as state sponsored health related schemes, with special focus on the steps taken for combating the problem of mal-nutrition among the children.Reviewing the implementation of Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), the DDC directed CMO to conduct a detailed survey of schools and ICDS centres for health analysis of children as per the WHO guidelines. He said it would help in better planning for combating malnutrition among children, reducing child mortality and improving survival of infants. He informed that Udhampur is one of the districts falling in red zone as per a national survey conducted to assess prevalence of malnutrition in the country. He further directed them to distribute iron and calcium supplements among school children under the supervision of medical practitioner or teaching staff. The DDC also directed to conduct joint workshops and camps by the department of Education, Health, Social-Welfare and ICDS to sensitize people about the problem.Terming ASHA workers an important component for providing primary health care at the village level, the DDC directed CMO to instruct them to work towards achieving 100% institutional deliveries. He further directed the CMO to issue show cause notices to those ASHA workers who were not performing their duties in the field for the past 3 months.
To improve institutional deliveries, the DDC directed BMOs to establish pre-labour rooms at all the PHCs having Operation theatre to facilitate the institutional deliveries.The DDC also directed to activate Village Health, nutrition and sanitation committees to hold sanitation drives to make hygiene and cleanliness an integrated part of village life. He also laid stress on making it mandatory for field functionaries to attend the monthly meetings to create awareness among villagers about sanitation.It was informed that in last two years 51 medical cases were provided Rs. 35 lakh as financial assistance of in the district. The DDC also stressed on meeting the shortage of 101 doctors in the district and assured to take up the matter with concerned authorities.He also stressed on creating awareness regarding PC-PNDT Act to improve the child sex ratio. Felicitating the whistle blower for reporting the violation of the Act was among other issues discussed threadbare.The DDC directed CMO to ensure 100% Aadhar seeding of beneficiaries under all health schemes.Earlier, the CMO informed the DDC about the progress cum performance of Health department under State and Central Health related schemes including the progress achieved under RBSK, NIPI, PMSMS, RNTCP, NCD and Immunization program.The meeting was attended by Chief Planning Officer, Ashok Khajuria, Assistant Commissioner Development , Sushil kesar, Project Director DRDA, Jagdish Mehra, Chief Medical Officer, K.C. Dogra, District Social Welfare Officer, Rachna Sharma, Chief Education Officer, BMOs , ZEOs and other officers of health and Education departments.