Nadda confers awards on doctors for exemplary services

Union Health Minister J P Nadda today said that in 23 months, 1.3 crore antenatal check-ups have been done at 12,900 health care facilities across the country.

He was speaking at a programme organised to confer the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan 'IPledgefor9' Achievers Awards on individuals and teams of doctors from the private sector and states for their exemplary services.

"In just 23 months, we have achieved 1.3 crore antenatal check-ups at 12,900 health care facilities across the country. And we also identified 6.5 lakh high-risk pregnancies, he said.

The minister also conferred awards on the states that registered an "exemplary" decline in maternal mortality ratio (MMR) as per the recently released SRS data.

Nadda said, "Our strength lies in the fact that whatever programme we take up it becomes the largest in the world, and we have taken up those programmes which will have far reaching impacts."