Darrang Guardian Minister Patowary hopeful of positive outcome of Swasthya Sewa Utsav

CORRESPONDENT

MANGALDAI: Guardian Minister of Darrang, Chandra Mohan Patowary is hopeful that the outcome of Swasthya Sewa Utsav would bring a revolutionary positive change in the public healthcare services of the region.

He was addressing the officials and staff taking part in the three-day health festival which ended on Saturday. In this connection, a valedictory function was organized here at the Circuit House for the external evaluators and assessors. Participating in the function, Mangaldai Parliamentarian Dilip Saikia hailed the well-crafted efforts of the district Health and National Health Mission (NHM), Darrang under the able supervision of Deputy Commissioner Munindra Nath Ngatey in successful transformation of the unique vision of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma into reality despite their official holidays.

On behalf of the District Health Society, all the 28 external accessors, which included the medical professionals from Tezpur Medical College and Hospital (TMCH) and officials from the district administration, were greeted each with a gamosa and japi. The ceremony was also attended by Deputy Commissioner Munindra Nath Ngatey, former legislator Gurujyoti Das, Joint Director of Health Services Dr Nirmal Kumar Beria and others.

Meanwhile, talking to this correspondent, NHM official Nayana Parasar informed that during this festival altogether 42 health institutions were assessed on different parameters by external evaluators and assessors, which included Gautam Talukdar, Secretary, Power Department, Tej Prasad Bhusal, Additional Secretary Agriculture Department and Prasanta Saikia, Superintendent of Police of Darrang, among others.