Award, Rs 3 lakh cash to Jaisalmer dist hosp for maternal services | Jaipur News

JAISALMER: The government of India has announced LaQshya Award for maternal and newborn health services in which district’s Jawahar Hospital has stood first in Jodhpur division. The award carries a certificate along with Rs 3 lakh in cash.
Jaisalmer collector Ashish Modi said that the district administration, health department along with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) made efforts to improve the quality of delivery services at Jawahar Hospital that has brought results. The committees of state and central government found that the hospital’s labour room meets all the necessary parameters. Empanelled extenal assessors surveyed the facilities and found them to be up to the mark.
He added that this award is a matter of pride for the desert district. The project director (maternal health) Dr Tarun Chodhary and his team inspected the hospital’s labour room and gave important suggestions to give it a model form.
Modi said that the award money will be used in expanding the services and resources of the labour room and quality will be improved further. This will benefit the people of Jaisalmer district as they will get ultramodern services and facilities, while maternal health services will get support.