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Boost to Meghalaya Healthcare system: 425 new medical professionals inducted

First Published: 7th March, 2024 18:53 IST

CM Sangma said, "The budget for the health department is the highest in the country, as we aim to strengthen and overhaul the health sector."

With the aim to further augment the healthcare system in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma today handed over appointment letters to 425 newly inducted junior specialists, medical officers and dental surgeons, who have been recruited for different healthcare institutions.
Extending his greetings to the newly inducted medical professionals, the Chief Minister urged them to work with utmost commitment and a purpose to serve the society.
“The recruitment process being conducted by the government is completely transparent. You are here because you are capable and you are the best and you have done well in the exam,” the Meghalaya CM said.
CM Conrad Sangma further highlighted about this governmen’s dedication to boost the health sector. In this reference he said that a total of 8 percent of the total state budget has been earmarked for the health sector.
CM Sangma said, “The budget for the health department is the highest in the country, as we aim to strengthen and overhaul the health sector.”
He also informed that in the next few years, PHCs and CHCs, including hospitals across the State will get a facelift. “The process has started and within this term of the government, we shall be able to complete and upgrade our health infrastructure”.
He also said that in the next few weeks the patient management system will be launched in the State that will enable monitoring of the patients undergoing treatment in different healthcare institutions.
“We have done the pilot project in Ribhoi district and the same will be rolled out in the State. This is one of the unique interventions, which has been taken up by the government and we will be one of the few States in the country to launch such interventions”, he said.

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