Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Centre approves 5.35 crore for prevention of burn injuries

by Haryananewswire (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, SEPT11
The Central Government has approved Rs 5.35 crore for Burn Units in three districts of Haryana under a National Programme  for Prevention of Burn  Injuries for management of   burn care, rehabilitation of patients suffering from burn injuries and prevent cases of such injuries.
Dr Narveer Singh, Director General Health Services, Haryana said this in a State level workshop organised here today. This workshop was jointly organised by Haryana Health Department, Central Health Education Bureau of Central Health and Family Welfare Department with an objective to create awareness about prevention and treatment of burn injuries.          Dr Singh said that this national programme has been commenced in Himachal Pradesh and Assam alongwith Haryana on pilot basis. He said that out of the total approved budget for this programme in Haryana, the Central Government has already released Rs 1.73 crore.
          He said that under this pilot programme, a full-fledged burn unit of 12-bed has been set up at State Medical College of PGIMS, Rohtak with proposed budget of Rs 3.44 crore. Similarly, at two district hospitals namely General Hospital, Gurgaon and General Hospital, Panipat, six-bed units each have been set up for which Rs 1.91 crore were proposed.
          He said that after successful implementation of this pilot programme in three districts of Haryana, such units would be set up in general hospitals of other districts too.

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