Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 15 th  September, 2016:  With the onset of Dengue season, the Malaria Wing of Health Department Chandigarh Administration has geared up Field activities for Prevention & Control of Dengue. The major source of breeding has been found to be the coolers and in house containers. It was also observed during the field analysis that the cases of Dengue are isolated cases and there is no clustering. Till now more than 436 cases of dengue has been diagnosed in the health centres located in Chandigarh. Out of these 112 confirmed cases are residents of UT-Chandigarh (till the release of press note) which have been diagnosed as Dengue fever at various government and private laboratories. Four case of Chickengunya has also been detected at Chandigarh but no fresh case has been detected. All the above patients detected with Dengue had reported in OPD and there has been no death due to Dengue of Chandigarh resident till date. All these cases have been confirmed after fiel...

Chandigarh, 14 th  September, 2016:  The inauguration of Govt. Model High School, Sector-48,GMHS-49, GMHS, Pocket No. 1, Manimajra and Govt. Middle  School, MHC, Manimajra,  was done today by H.E. Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Hon'ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh in the august presence of Smt. Kirron Kher, Member of Parliament, U.T. Chandigarh, Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh, Sh. Sarvjit Singh, IAS Finance and Education Secretary, Sh. M.P. Singh, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Governor, Sh. T.S Luthra, IPS, IG Police, Sh. Rubinderjit Singh Brar, PCS, Director School Education, Sh. Kapil Setia, Chief Architect  and other senior officials of the administration. Speaking on the occasion, H.E. Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Hon'ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh congratulated the administration for their efforts to expand the quality of educ...

Chandigarh, 10 th September, 2016 : Hon’ble Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda was in the City Beautiful today to inaugurate the 1.5 Tesla MRI, 64 Slice CT and Digital Radiography System at GMCH, Sector-32. The Union Minister also inaugurated AMRIT (Affordable Medicine and Reliable Implants for Treatment) pharmacy , an affordable place for buying medical appliances like stents, implants and generic drugs. Smt. Kirron Kher , Member of Parliament, U.T., Chandigarh, Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS, Home secretary cum SMER ,Sh. Atul Sachdev, Director Principal were also present during the occasion.

Chandigarh, 10 th September, 2016 : Hon’ble Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Sh. J.P. Nadda visited and interacted with special children and students of the Government Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID), Sector-31, Chandigarh today. On his visit, various activities carried out at  GRIID were observed and appreciated, which includes Special Education Training, Vocational Training, Human Resource Development Programmes and daily OPD clinic for intellectual and developmental disabilities which includes Physiotherapy Unit, Occupational Therapy Unit, Facilitation services Unit, Special Education Clinic and sensory Integration Therapy Unit. A cultural evening was followed by the release the 1 st issue of Journal of Disability Management and Special Education, published by GRIID. There after Hon’ble Minister honored the topper students of the M.Ed., B.Ed. and D.Ed. in special education. Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS, Home S...

Chandigarh, 10 th September, 2016: The Department of Social Welfare, Women & Child Development Chandigarh Administration organized a socio- economic medical camp in association with the Senior Citizens Association at Government Model High School Dhanas Rehabilitation Colony today. In this camp, various departments such as Health, Revenue, I.T. (Aadhar Registration) & Department of Social Welfare, Women & Child Development participated .  Both corporations i.e. Chandigarh Child & Women Development Corporation, Chandigarh Schedule Caste/ Backward Classes & Minorities Finance & Development Corporations along with various units of the Department of Social Welfare, WCD such as Women & Child helpline 181, State Resource centre for women, UT Child Protection Society and Purna Shakti Kendras displayed their schemes for the masses. Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, the Advisor to Administrator was the chief guest on this occasion. He appreciated the efforts of th...

Chandigarh, 10 th September, 2016: Chandigarh Health Department in collaboration with Chandigarh Transport Undertaking organized a free Health cum Screening Camp at Chandigarh Transport Undertaking Workshop, Industrial Area, Phase - 1, Chandigarh today under the leadership of Dr. Vanita Gupta, Director Health Services and Sh. Amit Talwar, PCS, Director Transport, Chandigarh Administration. This camp was organized specifically for employees working under CTU. This was the eighth Health organized by the Chandigarh Health Department. The previous camps were held at Civil Dispensary- Daddu Majra, Maulijagran, Dhanas, Ramdarbar, Public Health Dispensary- Sector 25, Civil Dispensary-Sector 8 and Village Behlana, Chandigarh. Dr. Vanita Gupta and Sh. Amit Talwar assured the provision of optimum preventive, diagnostic and curative services along with the early detection of NCD risk factors, timely referral and management of Non communicable diseases in the camp. Both the officers rei...