Himachal Cabinet nod to MRI, CT Scan machines for Chamba hospital

Tribune News Service

Shimla, May 15

The state Cabinet today decided that all ministers would review the progress made on the announcements made by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur regarding their departments within 15 days. They would also ensure that the work was started within three months of the the announcements made.

The Cabinet, under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, gave approval for the procurement of a CT Scan 128 slice machine and an MRI 1.5 Tesla machine at a cost of Rs 20 crore for Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Government Medical College, Chamba. It also accorded ex post-facto permission to the agency building a makeshift Covid hospital at Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College at NerChowk in Mandi to include the construction of a labour room and an operating theatre.

The Cabinet also gave consent to filling 219 posts of different categories on a contractual basis under the National Health Mission to provide better health care facilities to people. It also decided to open a health sub centre at Sartyaula in Mandi district along with the creation of requisite posts to manage it.

The construction of a rest house at Dhanotu in Sundernagar tehsil of Mandi district was also approved.