Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pawar inaugurates CGHS wellness centre in Nashik

A wellness centre under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) was inaugurated in Nashik Maharashtra today by Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pawar. 

The Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pawar has inaugurated a wellness centre today under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) in Nashik, Maharashtra. The wellness centre is all set to give multiple health facilities to nearly 1.6 lakh beneficiaries, including 71,000 Central government employees and pensioners.

Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government efforts in strengthening the health infrastructure of the country, She said that six All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) campuses were established in India during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee tenure and now under Modi's leadership, 22 such facilities have been established, including one under completion in Nagpur in Maharashtra.

“The coronavirus outbreak emphasized the need to strengthen health infrastructure, which is being done by the Modi government. So far, 145 crore vaccine doses have been administered against the infection,” she said, as reported by The Print.

She had recently said, "The Central government has given a priority to backward districts and we are working there. We are establishing 157 new medical colleges. The government will increase the number of AIIMS to 22 from six. These are time-bound projects. But in many states, these projects are facing issues. In some states, these projects are pending because of the unavailability of land. Work stops for a period of one-two years. But this is not the case in Maharashtra."

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