Anantnag, Nov 07 : Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM), J&K, Athar Amir ul Shafi Khan, today visited District Anantnag and reviewed the implementation of various national health programmes and healthcare services in the district.

The Mission Director chaired a comprehensive review meeting at the Conference Hall, Government Medical College (GMC), Anantnag, Dialgam, attended by Principal GMC Anantnag, Heads of Departments, Chief Medical Officer, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, District Tuberculosis Officer, Medical Superintendents, Block Medical Officers and district and block programme management teams.
During the meeting, he took a detailed review of key health programmes, including Maternal and Child Health, Routine Immunisation, JSY, JSSK, PMSMA, RBSK, National NCD Programme, Ambulance Services, Blood Bank Services, Dialysis Services, Critical Care Services, PM-ABHIM infrastructure projects and the DNB Programme at GMC Anantnag.
He assessed the performance of the district in terms of institutional deliveries, antenatal care, high-risk pregnancy tracking, immunisation coverage, screening of non-communicable diseases, referral services and availability of essential healthcare facilities.
The Mission Director stressed the need for saturation of all health schemes, improvement in service delivery, 100 percent data reporting and timely utilisation of funds. He directed the concerned officers to strengthen maternal and child healthcare, ensure the availability of essential medicines, diagnostics and manpower, improve referral mechanisms and expedite ongoing infrastructure projects under PM-ABHIM.
He also emphasised accountability, effective monitoring and coordinated efforts among health institutions to ensure quality healthcare services reach every eligible beneficiary.
Later, the Mission Director visited Associated Hospital, GMC Anantnag and Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Achabal, where he inspected various departments and reviewed the healthcare facilities. He interacted with doctors, hospital staff and patients and took stock of the availability of medical equipment, medicines, manpower and patient care services.
The visit was aimed at assessing the ground-level implementation of NHM programmes and strengthening the overall healthcare delivery system in District Anantnag.