Work on comprehensive health care schemes for the district to be implemented as projects in the 12th Five Year Plan is on.
An official press release here said a preliminary workshop for conceiving the schemes to be included in the Plan was conducted here recently. The preliminary workshop was for presidents/chairpersons of local bodies and standing committees.
The press release, issued by the Information and Public Relations Department here, said the district-level projects would be prepared on the basis of projects drawn up at grama/block/district panchayat and municipal levels that would take into account the specific health care issues in the district.
The release said the district administration also intended to prepare projects aimed at effective utilisation of funds allocated in the Plan.
Among the proposals to be included as special health care schemes were those aimed at controlling lifestyle diseases, on palliative care, eradication of mosquito-borne diseases, geriatrics, health care of migrant workers, and health awareness.
The workshop discussed programmes aimed at strengthening national health care schemes and preparing projects for cancer control, tobacco control, and for the health care of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
In the allied sector, the projects being planned included those for drinking water supply, waste disposal, rodent control, and biogas plants.
The district-level workshops for officials would be held under the aegis of the District Medical Officer and the District Collector in the coming days. Workshops would also be held at block and panchayats levels in the subsequent days.
The district-level project document was proposed to be submitted on November 10, the release said.
