Bihar health minister: Ramp up facilities at all nutrition rehab centres – ET HealthWorld


Bihar health minister: Ramp up facilities at all nutrition rehab centres
PATNA: State health minister Mangal Pandey on Saturday instructed the officials concerned to ramp up facilities at the nutrition rehabilitation centres (NRC) where children with severe acute malnutrition are admitted. He also asked them to create awareness about the NRCs in the state among the people.

In a press statement, Pandey said nearly 22.09% of the children in Bihar were malnourished of whom 8.8% were extremely serious and needed immediate medical aid.

“Raise awareness about NRCs so that parents can take their malnourished children there for proper treatment. Provide diet charts with proper meal plans based on the age and height of the kids,” the minister told the officials and added that healthy food was important for the mental and physical development of children.

The NRCs also provide accommodation facilities to mothers along with their children. “Sanitation and nutrition committees have been formed in rural areas where mothers are told about the importance of a healthy diet and nutritious food,” Pandey said.

The minister pointed out that health experts, accredited social health activists, and auxiliary nurse midwives had been roped in to look after the malnourished kids at the NRCs. He also accepted that the health department was finding it difficult to identify such children amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent closure of schools.

Minister opens renovated buildings: Health minister Mangal Pandey inaugurated the newly-renovated buildings of the urology, gastro surgery and gastro medicine departments at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) on Saturday. All the three departments have been functional since 1984.

Speaking on the occasion, the minister said, “The health department’s aim is to renovate all the departments of the IGIMS and provide the best medical facilities to the people.” He also assured the hospital authorities that there would be no financial issue for carrying out development works.

IGIMS director Dr N R Biswas thanked the state government for providing monetary help to the hospital even during the Covid-19 pandemic.





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