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The Minister for Health, Family Welfare, and Medical Education or simply known as Minister for Health is the head of the Department of Health, Family Welfare, and Medical Education in the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The incumbent Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education is Satya Kumar Yadav from Bharatiya Janata Party. [2] [3]
Bhushan joined Indian Administrative Service in 1987. [4]In July 2020 Bhushan accepted an appointment as Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. [2] He presided over the functioning of the Ministry immediately after the first Covid19 wave in India and during the entire period spanning up to the devastating second wave and during that period as well.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, also known by its abbreviation MoHFW, is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India. [2] [3] The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers.
In 1992–93, the first round of the National Family Health Survey was conducted in three phases. [2] The main objective of the survey was to collect reliable and up-to-date information on fertility, family planning, mortality, and maternal and child health. Subsequently, three other rounds were conducted between 1998 and 2016.
The public health infrastructure in the state includes both government-run hospitals and health centers managed by the department of health. As of 2023 [update] , the state had 404 public hospitals, 1,776 public dispensaries, 11,030 health centers and 481 mobile units run by the government with a capacity of more than 94,700 beds. [ 7 ]
Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar - Established on 2020 in Jamnagar as an Institute of National Importance poised to take Ayurveda education to new vistas, it added. National Institute of Homeopathy - Established on 10 December 1975 in Kolkata as an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. [23]
The medical manpower in the State Health System is provided by the State Health Service and in the teaching institutions by the Medical Education Service. The training activities are mainly organised at the Institute of Health & Family Welfare, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, and also at various training schools.
In his earlier stint, he was the health minister in the Nitish Kumar cabinet in 2012. [7] He authored a book "Kedarnath Trasadi" based on the 2013 deluge in Uttarakhand where he got stranded with his family. [8] He and his family managed to take shelter in the Kedarnath temple and were airlifted by a state government helicopter.