Jammu: Flagging appropriate health care for women and children as a key ingredient in health service expansion and upgradation scheme in the state, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday stressed on ensuring cent percent benefits to pregnant women and newborns under National Rural Health Mission.
"The pregnant women and newborn children are entitled under this programme to receive free medical treatment including medicine, investigation, diagnoses and blood besides nutrition, transport and other related facilities", he said adding people should be made well aware about these benefits.
Omar said that under a sustained awareness campaign in the state people should be extensively educated about the scheme so that they take its best advantage.
"The information about JSSK scheme aimed at providing health security to pregnant women and newborns should all the more be disseminated to the grassroot level and its implementation undertaken with professional zeal and missionary spirit", he told the health department officials.
Reviewing National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) at a high-level meeting, the Chief Minister said all components of the flagship programme need to be focused for the larger benefits to the people in rural and far-flung areas.
The Chief Minister said health sector is focused sector in the development policy of the government and extension of up-to-the-mark health facilities in the state is being persuaded vigorously through various state and centrally-sponsored schemes.
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