Health min inaugurates Agenda Manipur Immersion
Source: Chronicle News Service / DIPR

Imphal, October 18 2022: Health & IPR minister Dr S Ranjan Singh has inaugurated Agenda Manipur Immersion, a two-day training on Health Care System at Radian Resort, Maibakhul in Imphal East district on Tuesday.

The training is being organised by ECHO India, a non-profit organisation in partnership with National Health Mission (NHM), Manipur.

In his address, Dr Ranjan conveyed that the Health and Family Welfare Department is constantly working towards its mission of ensuring equitable and accessible healthcare to all, especially the under-served population.

The strengthening of our state's healthcare system can be brought forth by empowering medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, and medical officers (MOs), to up-skill themselves and enhance their knowledge of recent developments in treatment protocols and medical knowhow.

"As our country continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and its challenges, capacity-building initiatives are now more important than ever, and owing to technological advancements digital healthcare services are acting as enablers," he said.

Presenting the inaugural address, Dr Somorjit Ningobam of NHM Manipur, maintained that the right utilisation of technology can be quite beneficial for knowledge dissemination, and ECHO India's capacity building programmes based on the ECHO Model are an excellent example.

The sessions will help to gather information easily accessible and learning all the more insightful for healthcare workers.

The comprehensive capacity-building programmes facilitated by ECHO India have been a great learning opportunity for our healthcare workforce, allowing them to offer quality care and treatment to patients, he informed.

Speaking as special guest, ECHO India general manager (Projects) Dr Haresh Chan-dwani informed that collaborations in Manipur have always been geared towards strengthening the state's healthcare infrastructure.

Till date, ECHO India has partnered with State Tuberculosis Cell (STC) Manipur and the Manipur Nursing Council, with the initiatives being focused on Tuberculosis treatment and Infection Pre vention and Control (IPC), he added.

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