Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya today virtually laid the foundation stone of various healthcare infrastructure projects in Meghalaya and other states of the North East that included Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.
State Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh inaugurated the Integrated Public Health Laboratory (IPHL) under PM-ABHIM at Pasteur Institute, Shillong.
Under the PM-ABHIM (FY 2021-2026), the minister also dedicated the identified locations of Critical Care Block (CCB) and Integrated Public Health Laboratory (IPHL) to be built in the seven districts of the state.
Mandaviya during the function also inaugurated a new campus of NIPER Guwahati and laid the foundation stone of NIPER Hyderabad and NIPER Raebareli.
Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister of Tripura Manik Saha and Union Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers and New & Renewable Energy, Bhagwanth Khuba also virtually addressed the programme.