Maternal, infant mortality rates drop: Min

Patna | Friday | 18th January, 2019

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However, the NDA government in state has approved opening of 11 more medical college and hospitals in the state. An officer has been deployed in each district to monitor the TB eradication programme,” the minister added.Info centre opened at Danapur hospital: State health minister Mangal Pandey on Thursday inaugurated an automated information centre and a model immunization centre at Danapur sub-divisional hospital. Pandey said people could get information related to family welfare scheme though this automated information centre and also register their complaints. The MMR has come down to 165 per one lakh population from 208 in 2011-13. Similarly, IMR has come down to 38 per one thousand population from 42 in 2011-13,” the minister said.He said Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) had only 100 beds in emergency unit since independence, but the number has doubled in last 16 months..