Shillong, Sept 7: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday inaugurated the Mawryngkneng CHC in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister, Prestone Tynsong and MLA & MDC, Mawryngkneng, Pynaid Sing Syiem.
The bed capacity of Mawryngkneng CHC has now been increased to 30 from the previous 6.
This upgradation will ensure the people receive medical care close to home.
I dedicate the CHC to the people of Mawryngkneng Block. pic.twitter.com/n70ceeeqrg
— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) September 7, 2022
Expressing happiness in inaugurating the CHC, Transit Home for High Risk Pregnant Women and the SHG Mela, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said ‘women’ was the common factor in all the three factors.
Aside the provision of accommodation facility for high-risk expecting mothers from remote villages, the Transit Home will provide them food & space for their kids.
85% PHCs in the State have set up Transit Homes.
— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) September 7, 2022
“Women were facing a lot of maternity related problems like death during childbirth, multiple pregnancies, high risk pregnancies, anemia etc and there were many reasons attributed to these problems and the health and pregnancy of the woman was also connected to the economic activities of the women,” he said.
He further informed that the MOTHER programme (Meghalaya’s Outcome and Transformation in Health, Education and Rural Sector) was conceptualized to take care of the health, education and rural empowerment of women.
The Chief Minister also added that the Transit Home for High-Risk Pregnant Women is for giving shelter and care to pregnant women who live in far flung areas. “These transit homes give shelter, food and medical care so that they can have safe institutional deliveries and today we have 180 transit homes across the State giving service and care to the high risk mothers and those who live in far flung areas,” he added.
He also said that the Self Help Group movement has empowered women in rural areas. “This is an achievement that most states in the country have not been able to achieve and this has been possible only because of the hard work that has been put in by the officials and the active participation of the women of the State,” he said.
He further added that the government is now looking at these Self Help Groups to be formed into cooperative societies so that more help and financial support can be given. “The Self Help Groups are very important to society because it also creates a system and mechanism where the government can reach every single household because of the large network of the Self Help Groups and help the people participate in various Health, Education and Environmental programmes of the government through these Self Help Groups,” he said.
The bed capacity at Mawryngkneng CHC has been increased from 6 to 30 and efforts will be taken to make the CHC conduct specialized services.
To support the SHG Movement in the State of Meghalaya through the NRLM Program, the Chief Minister also sanctioned an amount of Rs 20 Crores as Community Investment Fund to be transferred to 896 Village Organisation across all the 12 Districts. The CIF Fund will benefit 4,676 SHGs impacting 46,700 HH’s in the State.
Our SHG movement is our special focus on women empowerment at the grassroot.
The network of Women, Farmers & Youth that we have created in Meghalaya is with a bigger goal to ensure the schemes of the Govt. reach every beneficiary in Meghalaya. pic.twitter.com/utuORCfnuN
— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) September 7, 2022
Out of the Rs. 20 crores, Rs. 4 crore is sanctioned to East Khasi Hills and Rs. 1 crore for Mawrynkneng Block. Five VOs from Mawrynkneng received the CIF Fund amounting to Rs. 43,00,000.
Community Investment Fund is a fund provided to SHGs through VOs, to enable individuals SHG members to take up various income generating activities. Through the SHG network MSRLS intend to promote 1st generation women entrepreneurs
In addition to Community Investment Fund, an amount of Rs. 5 lakhs Bank Loan was sanctioned during the occasion to 5 SHGs from Mawrynkneng Block.
Earlier, en route to Mawryngkneng, the Chief Minister also interacted with students and teachers from Presbyterian Secondary School, Mawlyngngad, St Mazarello Secondary School, Mawlyngngad, Mt Zion Secondary School, Sohryngkham and Green Hills Secondary School, Sohryngkham.
A glimpse into my morning today as I started my day with the beautiful children of Mawryngkneng Block. pic.twitter.com/ahZlT81edi
— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) September 7, 2022
