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ITANAGAR, 30 Aug:<\/strong> Health Minister Biyuram Wahge has sought the Centre’s support for strengthening healthcare facilities in the state, particularly the establishment of a super specialty hospital in the Itanagar Capital Region.<\/p>\n During a meeting with union Health Minister JP Nadda in New Delhi on Friday, Wahge stressed that Arunachal Pradesh, being a border state with difficult terrain, needs advanced medical facilities to reduce the burden of patients travelling outside the state for specialised treatment.<\/p>\n He pointed out that the proposed super specialty hospital would serve as a referral hub not only for Arunachal but also for neighbouring states in the Northeast, officials said on Saturday.<\/p>\n Wahge also deliberated on the upcoming Northeast regional conference of the health department, scheduled to be hosted by the state in October this year.<\/p>\n The conference will bring together health ministers, commissioners, secretaries and mission directors from all the Northeastern states for policy discussions, experience sharing and collaborative planning.<\/p>\n Wahge said that Nadda has consented to attend the event, which is expected to give a major push to the health sector in the region.<\/p>\n Expressing gratitude, the minister said Nadda’s support and guidance would play a vital role in further strengthening healthcare infrastructure and delivery services in Arunachal.<\/p>\n He added that the Centre’s backing would help realise the state government’s vision of providing accessible and advanced healthcare to people in even the remotest corners of the state. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ITANAGAR, 30 Aug: Health Minister Biyuram Wahge has sought the Centre’s support for strengthening healthcare facilities in the state, particularly the establishment of a super specialty hospital in the Itanagar Capital Region. During a meeting with union Health Minister JP Nadda in New Delhi on Friday, Wahge stressed that Arunachal Pradesh, being a border state […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-269852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}