Baby care kits

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 25

The Haryana Government has decided to provide baby care kit to all newborns delivered in public health institutions under the Deendayal Navjat Shishu Suraksha Yojana to mark the 101st birth anniversary of Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya, the great leader and advocate of integral humanism.

Health Minister Anil Vij said this initiative of the government would be a tribute to Upadhyaya who became an orphan at the age of eight years and lived his early life in misery and struggle, but reached great heights in the service of the nation. Under this initiative, the National Health Mission and the state government would soon provide maternal and newborn care kits.

“The main objective of the scheme is to promote hygiene and sanitation among mothers and newborns, and help in the development of the newborn. It will be a boon to the families who are poor and find it difficult to purchase dress, diapers and sanitizer or soap for the care of newborn. Besides contributing to the feel-good factor for the mother, it will also help the family tide over the first few days after birth,” Vij said.

Amit Jha, Principal Secretary (Health), said the initiative would indeed be a great news for all newborns and their mothers delivering in the public healthcare institutions in Haryana.