The West Bengal government is contemplating setting up a health bank to reach basic medical benefits to remote corners and make treatment easily available to all sections of the people.
Health department sources said the proposal to set up the health bank were discussed in a meeting of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with the health secretary, director of medical education and other high officials during her visit to ‘Swasthya Bhavan’ (health department headquarter) today.
Mr. Banerjee, who holds the health portfolio, discussed plans and programmes with the department officials who presented a ‘Health Vision’ for five years.
Under the plans, a superspeciality hospital on the lines of AIIMS in Delhi will be set up at Kalyani in Nadia district and for which land has been located, the sources said.
A major hospital is planned in Darjeeling apart from 10 big hospitals in the state in next five years.
The health department has also plans to provide special health infrastructural facilities for people of tribal Jangalmahal region, sources said.
