Corona Vaccines are supplied to world from Maharashtra: Amit Deshmukh

Deshmukh

Lokmat News Network

Aurangabad, Feb 15:

“It is always asked what has been done in the past 70 years.

Corona vaccines are provided to the entire world from Maharashtra and it is a

honour for the state. There is no facility at any place in the country but vaccine

is provided to every nook and corner in the country and the world. Maharashtra

has achieved a place of honour in the field of vaccine across the world”,

Opined state medical education minister, Amit Deshmukh.

He was speaking at the Government Medical College and

Hospital (GMCH) while dedicating the MRI machine to the public donated by the

Shirdi Sansthan and the felicitation of the employees by him and the district

guardian minister Subhash Desai.

MP Imtiyaaz Jaleel, MLA Dhiraj Deshmukh, MLC Ambadas Danve,

MLA Atul Save, former MP Chandrakant Khaire, former mayor Nandkumar Ghodele, Dr

Kalyan Kale, dean Dr Kanan Yelikar, Dr Varsha Rote, Dr Jyoti Irawane – Bajaj,

Dr Bharat Sonawane, Dr Meenakshi Bhattacharya, Dr Suresh Harbade, Dr Arvind

Gaikwad, Prakash Mugdiya, Jitendra Avhad and others were present. In a

representational manner, Dr Yelikar, Dr Bhattacharya, Dr Irawane – Bajaj were

felicitated as the Corona warriors by the dignitaries.

Deshmukh further said, a demand to make provision of around

6 to 7 percent in the state budget is being done. Efforts are being taken to

establish a proton therapy centre in the state. Posts of the doctors and nurses

will be increased in GMCH along with increasing the basic facilities, he said.

Desai said that Mahavikas Aaghadi government has given

preference to the health services. The government will keep the health of the

state in good condition, he criticized the opposition. MLA, after the function

of dedicating the machine to the public ignored the felicitation function.

A Mother – Child Health (MCH) wing

with the capacity of 200 beds will be established in the GMCH, for which, the

sanction for the required number of staff will be taken within 15 days, he

said.