DC Cachar lays foundation stone of 4 bedded Covid maternity ward at Jirighat MPHC

June 18: The foundation stone for construction of 4 bedded Covid maternity ward at Jirighat MPHC was laid by Keerthi Jalli, Deputy Commissioner, Cachar, on Thursday. The financial support for this project has been mobilized from NETC under CSR with intervention of DC, Cachar. The project will be completed within next 2 months.

A suitable place for post-maternity care for Jirighat area was a long pending demand and based on the report of DPM, NHM, Cachar and further examination of the report by DC, Cachar, the funding support was explored by by DC Jalli from NETC under CSR back in August 2020. It was sanctioned this year by NETC in their board meeting. Once completed, this will cater to the health need of the pregnant mothers of the larger Jirighat area. MLA, Lakhipur applauded the efforts of District Administration for such step and assured that he will provide all sorts of support for further improvement of health care need of the area.

Present during the laying of the foundation stone were MLA Lakhipur Kaushik Rai, E.Faihreim, ACS, CEO(ZP) I/c Health, Dr B.J.Debsikdar, JDHS, Jonathan Vaiphei, CO, Lakhipur, Bikash Nayek, Project Engineer, NETC , Rahul Ghose, DPM, NHM, Cachar , BPMU & other PRI members.