JP Nadda inaugurates library informatics centre at LGBRIMH in Assam

    Tezpur/Mangaldai (Assam), Jan 8 (PTI) Union Health and Family Welfare minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday inaugurated the new library and informatics centre at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health (LGBRIMH) in Tezpur.
    Nadda also laid the foundation stone of a critical care block at Mangaldai Civil Hospital in Darrang district.
    Accompanied by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Nadda reached the hospital complex and unveiled the library and informatics centre at Tezpur in Sonitpur district. Nadda is on a day-long tour to Assam to take part in a series of official programmes.
    He reached Guwahati on Tuesday late at night and was supposed to reach Tezpur by chopper in the morning. However, due to inclement weather, he travelled by road from Guwahati, an official said.
    Nadda also attended the Board of Governors meeting at LGBRIMH in Tezpur after inaugurating the library and informatics centre along with Sarma and Assam Health and Family Welfare Minister Ashok Singhal.
    "I attended the Board of Governors meeting, where several proposals were placed. We approved all those proposals so that the institute moves ahead at a rapid pace in the coming days," Nadda told reporters after the meeting.
    Later in a post on X, he said that the state-of-the-art library and informatics centre will play a crucial role in empowering students with the tools and resources needed for their academic growth and research in mental health.
    During the visit, he inaugurated the institute's main gate, which is an archive of the health establishment. LGBRIMH is an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Central government.
    Later, Sarma in a series of posts on X said: "I had the privilege of joining Adarniya Shri @JPNadda ji in dedicating the Library & Informatics Centre at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health and attending its Board of Governors Meeting. The new facilities will boost its research capabilities."
    The LGBRIMH is one of India's oldest mental health institutions and the best tertiary psychiatric care centre in the Northeast, he added.
    "It is gladdening to note that the Central government is putting its weight behind taking the capabilities of this great institute to the next level," Sarma said.
    After Tezpur, the Union minister reached Mangaldai in Darrang district, where he laid the foundation stone of a 50-bed state-of-the-art critical care block at Mangaldai Civil Hospital.
    "This is going to be a major step towards strengthening healthcare in Assam. This initiative will enhance access to advanced healthcare services for the people of the state," a senior official of the Health and Family Welfare ministry said.
    The chief minister said that the critical care block will ensure timely care for patients of Darrang in the coming period.
    Nadda's last programme will be a visit to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Guwahati, located in Kamrup district.
    There he will review various ongoing developmental works in the presence of senior officials, before departing from Guwahati.

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