Ampati: Reaffirming government’s commitment to bringing health care within the reach of the people, the newly constructed Chelipara Sub-Centre was inaugurated on Monday by Mahendraganj MLA, Sanjay A Sangma.
Located near Ampati, the Chelipara Sub-Centre has been constructed under PM-ABHIM.
Sanjay A Sangma unveiled the inaugural plaque and opened the Sub Centre in the presence of the Deputy Commissioner, R.P. Marak, senior political leaders and officials of the district.
The Sub Centre is a felt need of the people of Chelipara and its adjoining villages and is one of the two such Centres to be inaugurated in the district under the Prime Minister Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) scheme in the first phase.
The Sub-Centre was constructed at a cost of ₹55 lakh, and will provide health care services to around 4,000 population of nine villages including Chelipara village.
Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, Sanjay A Sangma termed the construction of such new Sub-Centres as an outcome of the initiative taken by the government in response to the needs of people to fill the critical gaps in health care infrastructure.
“As representatives of the people, it is our desire and commitment to serve and uplift our people and see our societies and villages flourish,” Sangma said, and urged upon the parents, particularly the mothers to take utmost care of their own health so that they can raise healthy homes and healthy children.
The Mahendraganj legislator also called upon the people of the area to take full ownership and provide all necessary support and cooperation in management of the Sub Centre.
The Cheliapara sub-centre is the first such medical facility to be inaugurated in Garo Hills.
The PM-ABHIM is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with some Central Sector Components, for implementation of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Package for health sector.
The objective of the scheme is to fill critical gaps in health infrastructure, surveillance and health research, spanning both the urban and rural areas so that the communities are empowered in managing such pandemic or health crises.
Deputy Commissioner, R.P. Marak commended the achievement of the health infrastructure as a testimony of government’s commitment to public health care.
The Deputy Commissioner expressed his concern over high infant mortality in the district and said that the Sub Centre should be a two-way system with both the health care givers and the people responding effectively to raise the standard of health parameters of the district.
Earlier, the DMHO, H. Barman welcomed the gathering and briefly informed about the construction of the two Sub Centres in the district under PM-ABHIM in the first phase and the upcoming projects in the second phase.
