AALO, Sep 26: Thousands of patients from different parts of the district thronged Gumin Kiin to register their names for various ailments in the Health Mela organised by district administration in collaboration with District Health Society, Aalo at Gumin Kiin today. This Health Mela, conceived by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and funded under National Health Mission will be an annual event to be held in each Parliamentary constituency to ameliorate the health condition of the people with free medicines and screening. 

Speaking at the inauguration, Minister of State for Home Affairs (MoS) Kiren Rijiju, said that the central government has embarked upon the biggest health insurance scheme in the world to provide Rs. 5 lakhs annually to each patient involving 50 crore people in India.

All out effort is being made to streamline the health delivery system to the doorsteps of poor and needy people free of cost so that they do not reel under pain and agony for want of medical treatment outside, he said.

He disclosed that he had managed many sophisticated medical equipment, ambulances, mortuary vans, medicines etc. from various corporate, voluntary organisations, MPLADs for various government and semi-government hospitals of thestate by his own initiative to improve the health service system.

The MoS who travelled Itanagar-Ziro-Daporijo-Aalo-Pangin by road expressed his total dismay over the pathetic road condition.

West Siang Deputy Commissioner, Sode Potom spelt out in detail plans being taken up to make the Health Camp a people’s event asserting that all out effort will be made to give medical coverage to all  registered patients which is likely to go beyond the scheduled date.

 The MoS was accompanied by Minister, Tax & Excise, Tourism, etc., Jarkar Gamlin, Deputy Speaker Arunachal 
Pradesh State Assembly, Er. Tumke Bagra and MLA Liromoba among others.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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