This department has been vested with the responsibility of maintaining and developing the health care system in W.B. Public health, sanitation and hospitals are the exclusive responsibilities of the State.
Governor has been pleased allow re-employment 88 (eighty eight) retired Ward Master at a consolidated remuneration of Rs. 14,000/- p.m. or the remuneration applicable to a re-employed employee.
Governor has been pleased to engage 64 retired Ward Master at a consolidated remuneration of Rs. 14,000/- p.m. for a period 6 (six) months in the different Government hospital.
State Level Task Force will function as the Apex policy making committee. It will provide overall guidance towards elimination of Kala-azar from the State of West Bengal by 2015.
All Medical Officers are informed that they have to obtain proper permission from the appointing authority before applying or appearing in interview conducted by WBHRB.
Submit the application from eligible Ward Masters along with their relevant testimonials for consideration of promotion of Ward Masters to the post of Assistant Superintendent (NM)
All required medicines shall be provided to all pregnant women at the time of discharge from the health facility itself, so that they do not have to incur any out of pocket expenditure.
All shops, commercial establishments, offices and factories, workshops, godowns etc shall close their operations. People are required to stay at home and come out only for basic services while strictly following social distancing guidelines issued earlier.
Governor is pleased to reconstitute the Governing Body of the State Medical Faculty of West Bengal for a further period of two years under Article 3 of Statutes of State Medical Faculty.
Removal of conditionalities associated with parity and minimum age of mother for institutional deliveries in high performing states (HPS), and for home deliveries in all the states under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY).
Like OPD tracking through SMS, tracking of Maternal, Infant death and institutional delivery through SMS has been undertaken by Dept. of Health & FW, Govt. of WB.