Governor, who is also the President of the State Red Cross, was presiding over the General Annual Meeting of Himachal Pradesh State Red Cross Society at Raj Bhavan, today. He said that in many other states of the country, Ayurveda medicine was provided to corona patients separately at the hospital level and its results were also fruitful.
We can take a new initiative by linking it with the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' and could organize Ayurveda camps at the district level, he said.
Governor stressed on conducting junior and youth Red Cross activities up to school, college and university level. He said that for this a uniform format should be prepared for the entire state. He said that training in disaster management should also be given in youth and junior Red Cross activities. He also directed all the Deputy Commissioners to send their suggestions in writing to him.
In the meeting, it was decided that health camps for medical examination of senior citizens, drug prevention awareness camps in schools and colleges and awareness camps to deal with the effect of Omicron variant of corona virus at community level would be organized during the year 2022-23.
On this occasion, the Governor felicitated District Red Cross Branches Kullu, Solan and Sirmaur with certificates for their excellent performance. Shri Ashutosh Garg, Deputy Commissioner, Kullu, Smt Kritika Kulhari, Deputy Commissioner, Solan and Shri Ramkumar Gautam, Deputy Commissioner, Sirmaur received the award.
Earlier, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Rajiv Saizal stressed on the need to expand Red Cross activities and said that the volunteers of Red Cross have always done good work in the service of suffering humanity. He said that disaster management and awareness programs have always been beneficial to the people. He said that the State Government and the Red Cross together could do better work in this direction.
Chairperson, Hospital Welfare Branch Dr. Sadhna Thakur thanked the Governor for presiding over the meeting. She said that there was a need to strengthen the hospital welfare branches at the district level.
She added that activities like Adolescent Health Service for girls could be conducted through the Red Cross in the coming financial year. She stressed on organizing camps for special children and organizing Red Cross fairs up to the sub-divisional level.
