JSSK to be launched today

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsJanani-Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK), a Central Government programme to provide free services and treatment to pregnant women and newborns, will be launched in the state on Wednesday. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will launch the initiative coinciding with the Independence Day celebrations. The state is starting the scheme late after taking steps to comply with the mandatory provision to provide free transportation facility to pregnant women to and from the hospital. The Health Department has now decided to launch an ambulance service under the Centre’s National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) project. The project would be implemented in phases across the state. The JSSK is also envisaged to ensure quality post-natal care for women, considering the fact that most deaths were reported during the postpartum period.The scheme will provide free treatment to newborns up to 30 days in government-run health institutions. Under the scheme, mothers will be given free food, medicine and blood, based on requirements.The NRHM will bear all such expenses including that of caesarian operations, under the JSSK. The ambulance service will be offered on the lines of 108 ambulance services. Dedicated telephone numbers will be made available for the patients to seek transportation. Until adequate number of vehicles are acquired, conveyance charges will be provided.first published:August 15, 2012, 12:10 ISTlast updated:August 15, 2012, 12:10 IST
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Janani-Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK), a Central Government programme to provide free services and treatment to pregnant women and newborns, will be launched in the state on Wednesday.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will launch the initiative coinciding with the Independence Day celebrations.

The state is starting the scheme late after taking steps to comply with the mandatory provision to provide free transportation facility to pregnant women to and from the hospital.

The Health Department has now decided to launch an ambulance service under the Centre’s National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) project. The project would be implemented in phases across the state.

The JSSK is also envisaged to ensure quality post-natal care for women, considering the fact that most deaths were reported during the postpartum period.

The scheme will provide free treatment to newborns up to 30 days in government-run health institutions.

Under the scheme, mothers will be given free food, medicine and blood, based on requirements.

The NRHM will bear all such expenses including that of caesarian operations, under the JSSK. The ambulance service will be offered on the lines of 108 ambulance services.

Dedicated telephone numbers will be made available for the patients to seek transportation. Until adequate number of vehicles are acquired, conveyance charges will be provided.