All districts will be converted into 'Ayushman' districts: Mandaviya

All districts will be converted into 'Ayushman' districts: Mandaviya

 Inspired by the principles of Mahatma Gandhi, the government has started work on the principle of 'one district one medical college' to convert all districts in the country into 'Ayushman' districts, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Sunday. Mandaviya was speaking at the inauguration of a Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) sub-zonal office and Central Drug Testing Laboratory (CDTL) in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

He also laid the foundation stone for various facilities in AIIMS, Bhopal and inaugurated a slew of other facilities in Madhya Pradesh which includes 190 pharmaceutical industries, 55 WHO-GMP complied manufacturing units and 163 blood centres, among others.

Prior to this, Mandaviya also addressed the 75th Foundation Day ceremony of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore.