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Health is loss of wealth in North East India State of Affairs
Meenakshi Deb
It is said health is wealth. Keeping this saying in mind Government of India since last many years is taking steps to improve the health of the country by providing the state government with sufficient funds to build infrastructure, procure equipment and machineries and availability of medicines for patients besides other logistics.
Fortunately, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its report ended on 31st March 2014 has discovered serious lapses on the part of the Health and Family Welfare Department Meghalaya, where in there was a loss of Rs 4.03 crores.
In order to prevent losses and judicious use of the resources technical committees were formed under Rural Health Mission. Similarly a technical committee under Rural Health Mission was formed to guide the department in procuring medicines under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The committee in its second meeting held in September 2010 recommended that selection of items and the quantum of procurement of medicine should be need based to avoid wastage of medicine.
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