Pada Volunteer Scheme
More than 10,000 pada volunteers are being appointed on voluntary / part time
basis to each and every hamlet in the 15 districts of the state. These volunteers
are from the same hamlet and they form an important link between Govt. functionaries
and community.
Mobile Medical Squad
167 Mobile Medical squads have been constituted with one Medical Officer with
a vehicle and para Medical staff to go to to each and every village and hamlet
to identify malnourished and sick children and provide medical health at
their homes and if required also shift them to the nearest help center.
Appropriate medical treatment or intensified food supplementation is given
to all children.
Matrutva Anudan Yojana
In these 15 districts a pregnant women is paid Rs. 400 /- in cash for visiting
health center for Antenatal check up and also medicine worth Rs. 400/- is
provided during her visit which ensure a better check up and helps to reduce
maternal and Neonatal morbidity and mortality. This Scheme is applicable
to tribal women having current pregnancy and live two issues
Pediatric ICUs
In the tribal areas after geting positive response of Pediatric ICUs in the
rural areas in Melghat, Govt. has decided to establish 39 more Pediatric
ICUs in remaining districts.
Warm rooms in PHCs
Warm rooms are made available in 156 PHCs to take care of premature, low birth
weight and hypothermic children
Thermocol Boxes
To maintain the warmth of premature, low birth weight and hypothermic child,
18,165 Thermocol Boxes have been supplied in 15 tribal districts and use
of theses are made by pada volunteers, anganwadi workers, ANM and trained
dias etc.
Compensation for loss of daily wages
When a tribal sick child is brought to rural hospital for PHC by mother or
father, Rs. 40/- per day is paid to parent of sick child so as to compensate
their loss of daily wages which encourage the parents to bring their sick
children for necessary medical care. Also free diet is given to the parent
of sick child
Water Quality Monitoring
Water samples are collected from all the water sources used for drinking in
the village per month and are tested at public health laboratory for bacterial
contamination and results are communicated to concerned Gram Panchayat through
PHC for further necessary action.
