Min flags off 5 mobile medical vans in Buxar

PATNA: Union minister of state for health Ashwini Choubey on Saturday flagged off five mobile medical vans at Buxar under a pilot project to make available basic health facilities to people living in villages under his parliamentary constituency.
Choubey said the medical vans, christened Maharshi Vishwamitra Chalant Arogya Vahan, would be of great help to the people in rural areas amid Covid pandemic.The Hyderabad-based Dhanush Foundation would manage the vans.
The minister said the facility would be extended to other districts of the state as well. Choubey said these mobile vans would have doctors, nursing staff, lab technicians, yoga trainers, Ayush practitioners and facility for treatment through telemedicine.
Participating in the event through virtual mode, state health minister Mangal Pandey said the mobile units would prove a boon for a large number of people living in villages. He said the central government was providing equipment and other medical resources to the state to fight the pandemic.
Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Patna Dr P K Singh said the district hospital of Buxar was already connected with the telemedicine department of the institute. “This new facility will help in bringing healthcare system closer to people living in villages,” he added.
D S N Murti of Dhanush Foundation, civil surgeon and officials of the district administration also participated in the event through virtual mode.