The total health mission planned for the State will pave the way for a major leap in the health sector, Health Minister K.K. Shylaja has said.
Inaugurating a mega camp for differently abled people here on Sunday, the Minister said as part of the plan to implement family doctor system in the State, the government was planning to appoint a general practitioner in a primary health centre in a village in each Assembly constituency in the pilot phase. If the system was successful, it would be expanded to other areas, she said. Stressing that the government was committed to providing facilities for the physically and mentally challenged people, Ms. Shylaja said the camp was being held in all districts as part of a Central government-sponsored scheme to identify aids and equipment required by each of the beneficiaries.
The Social Justice Ministry of the Central government had been approached, as the various aid schemes of the State government to help the differently abled were not adequate, she said. Similar camps would be conducted in other parts of the State.
Ports Minister Ramachandran Kadannappally presided over the function. District panchayat president K.V. Sumesh and Kannur Corporation Mayor E.P. Latha were among those present.
At the camp, expert teams including doctors examined the beneficiaries and proposed aids required for them. Online registration of the beneficiaries under the Central scheme was also held as part of the camp. The aids being provided to the beneficiaries would include wheel-chairs, crutches, hearing aids, walking sticks, Multi Sensory Integrated Educational Development (MSIED) kits for the mentally challenged, tricycles and Braille slates, among others. Over 250 beneficiaries participated in the camp, a release said.
