DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar said that a special campaign should be launched to make people aware of eye donation as this donation is truly a divine deed. Health checkups should be organized for school children at least once a year. Besides this, wide publicity should be done to make the information about the activities, programmes implemented by the National Health Mission, said Sh. Manohar Lal while presiding over the 8th General Body meeting of State Health Society, NHM Haryana held late evening on Wednesday. Health Minister, Sh. Anil Vij, Urban Local Bodies Minister, Sh. Kamal Gupta and Development and Panchayat Minister, Sh. Devender Babli were also present at the meeting. The Chief Minister directed the officers that the meeting of the Governing and General Body of NHM constituted at the district level must be held at least once a year. Sh. Manohar Lal directed the Additional Chief Secretary, Health Department that at least two or three officers should be deputed from the headquarters, who would visit the districts and hold these meetings. A separate engineering wing should be established in the health, education and sports departments, directed Sh. Manohar Lal. The Chief Minister directed that the State Action Plan for making Haryana Anemia free should also be implemented expeditiously. He further directed that a portal should be launched on which patients can register information about the need for artificial limbs. Soon kitchen facilities should be ensured in hospitals Health Minister, Sh. Anil Vij directed the officers that work should be done at a fast pace to ensure the hospitals' kitchen facilities so that nutritious food can be made available to the patients and their attendants. An audit of NHM should be conducted every year. A new variant of COVID-19 has been reported in some places, hence the health department should make necessary arrangements well in advance, said Sh. Anil Vij. Urban Local Bodies Minister, Sh. Kamal Gupta said that during an eye examination, special attention should also be done for the screening of amblyopia. Amblyopia mostly goes undiagnosed, due to which the eyesight of children becomes weak. He said that it is a vision development disorder, which affects the eyes and brain during infancy and childhood, hence it needs special attention. The Chief Minister was apprised that 23 eye donation centres have been set up in the state. Two eye banks will also be set up at Karnal and Nuh. A survey of Gurugram, Yamunanagar, Fatehabad and Nuh districts will be conducted with the help of ophthalmologists from AIIMS, under which eye examination of more than 20,000 people will be done. Besides this, the Jyoti app will also be launched in Haryana soon. An amount of Rs 110 crore has been approved under Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission To further strengthen health services in Haryana, the Central Government has approved Rs 110 crore under Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission. The Chief Minister was apprised that the Government of India has accorded administrative approval of Rs.1443.27 crore against the resource envelope of Rs. 1445.13 crores for the financial year 2022-23 and Rs.1012.12 crore for the year 2023-24. (editor@dailyworld.in)