The Meghalaya government signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu government through which Tamil Nadu has agreed to support Meghalaya for the recruitment and training of medical professionals.
This is a first-of-its-kind medical partnership between the two Indian states for collaboration on knowledge sharing, capacity building and improving health service delivery.
The MoU was signed by Meghalaya principal health secretary Sampath Kumar and Tamil Nadu principal health secretary P Senthil Kumar in the presence of Meghalaya’s health minister James Sangma and Tamil Nadu minister of medical and family welfare department Ma Subramanian in Chennai on September 19.
Addressing the gathering, Meghalaya health minister James Sangma lauded the Tamil Nadu government for the “proactive approaches” undertaken by the South Indian state to improve the health sector.
He added that the agreement would immensely benefit Meghalaya as the excellence and proactive approaches demonstrated by Tamil Nadu in the health sector, under health minister Ma Subramanian.
As we slowly build the health infrastructure of our state, we as a Government are committed towards providing access, quality and affordable healthcare for all.@MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/z3jU5fdd1s
— James K Sangma (@JamesSangma1) September 19, 2022
The MoU will facilitate the training of doctors, especially in remote Community Health Centres (CHCs), to overcome the shortage of certified and trained medical professionals for several critical functions, including ultrasonography, obstetrics and anesthesiology.
The intent behind this is to provide better antenatal and postpartum care to expecting women and to women after delivery, especially at public health facilities in remote locations. The MoU is targeted at upgrading all CHCs in Meghalaya as First Referral Units (FRUs) by overcoming the shortage of medical specialists in the CHCs.
மேகாலயா மாநிலத்தின் மாண்புமிகு சுகாதாரத்துறைஅமைச்சர் திரு.ஜேகேசங்மா அவர்கள்தலைமையிலானகுழுவினர் ஒருங்கிணைந்தமகப்பேறுகுழந்தைகள் நல சிகிச்சைபயிற்சி,உயிர்காக்கும்மயக்கவியல் திறன்பயிற்சிமற்றும்மீயோலிகருவி ஆகியபயிற்சிகள்தொடர்பான புரிந்துணர்வுஒப்பந்தம்கையெழுத்திடப்பட்டது @JamesSangma1 pic.twitter.com/YyTYR6cRBo
— Subramanian.Ma (@Subramanian_ma) September 19, 2022
And for this, the Tamil Nadu government has agreed to provide training to state doctors, which has been identified as one of the important steps to strengthen health systems in Meghalaya.
The health officials from Tamil Nadu also shared a detailed presentation to highlight the current health interventions that are underway in their state, and how the state is using innovative mechanisms that are hugely responsible for its good performance in health indicators. As part of knowledge sharing and understanding Tamil Nadu’s best practices in the medical domain, the Meghalaya health officials also visited Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH), Chennai.
The team also visited the Tamil Nadu Medical Service Corporation (TNMSC), Egmore where a presentation of the working and best practices of TNMSC as well as of the medical services recruitment board were highlighted.
