{"id":34649,"date":"2021-04-20T18:13:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T12:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=34649"},"modified":"2021-04-20T18:16:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T12:46:15","slug":"dedicated-it-cell-will-set-up-in-collaboration-with-directorate-governance-reforms-to-strengthen-de-addiction-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/dedicated-it-cell-will-set-up-in-collaboration-with-directorate-governance-reforms-to-strengthen-de-addiction-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Dedicated IT cell will set up in collaboration with Directorate Governance Reforms to strengthen De-Addiction Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qtranxs-available-languages-message qtranxs-available-languages-message-pa\">\u0a2e\u0a3e\u0a2b\u0a3c \u0a15\u0a30\u0a28\u0a3e, \u0a07\u0a39 \u0a16\u0a2c\u0a30 \u0a24\u0a41\u0a39\u0a3e\u0a21\u0a40 \u0a2c\u0a47\u0a28\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a2d\u0a3e\u0a38\u0a3c\u0a3e \u0a35\u0a3f\u0a71\u0a1a \u0a09\u0a2a\u0a32\u0a2c\u0a27 \u0a28\u0a39\u0a40\u0a02 \u0a39\u0a48\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/en\/\">\u0a15\u0a3f\u0a30\u0a2a\u0a3e \u0a15\u0a30\u0a15\u0a47 \u0a07\u0a71\u0a25\u0a47 \u0a26\u0a47\u0a16\u0a4b\u0964<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Chandigarh, April 20:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To further strengthen the De-addiction Programme, the dedicated IT cell will be set up in collaboration with Directorate Governance Reforms.<\/p>\n<p>Disclosing this here today, Health Minister Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu said that a meeting was held to discuss the measures required to upgrade the Central Registry Online Portal to ensure the proper treatment of drug abuse patients through De-Addiction Programme across the State.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sidhu informed that till March 31, 2020, a total of 6.45 lakh patients have been registered with Govt. as well as private de-addiction centres and OOAT Clinics. Before the lockdown (22-03-2020) this figure was just stood at 4.14 lakh.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, in a major relief for the victims of drug abuse during these challenging times of Novel Corona virus (COVID- 19), Punjab Government under the dynamic leadership of Capt. Amarinder Singh, Health &amp; Family Welfare department has been remained committed to provide quality services to patients of drug abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister said that the de-addiction treatment services are being provided in 35 Govt. De-addiction centres &amp; 200 Govt. OOAT clinics. These services are also being provided in 10 Central Jails and 1 Special jail for jail inmates. He said that patients who are coming in Govt. de-addiction centres and OOAT clinics are given treatment services free of cost.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts are being taken to taper off the dose of the patients coming to these centres after thorough counseling he said adding 155 Private De-addiction Centres have also been authorized in the state for extending treatment services to the patients which depend on their own choice.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by Mr. Amit Kumar, IAS, Special Secretary, Health &amp; Family Welfare, Punjab, Dr. Gurinder Bir Singh, Director, Health &amp; Family Welfare, Punjab, Mr. Parminder Pal Singh, PCS, Director, Governance Reforms, Mohali, Punjab and Dr. Anu Chopra Dosajh, Programme Officer, Mental Health Cell, O\/o DHS, Punjab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0a2e\u0a3e\u0a2b\u0a3c \u0a15\u0a30\u0a28\u0a3e, \u0a07\u0a39 \u0a16\u0a2c\u0a30 \u0a24\u0a41\u0a39\u0a3e\u0a21\u0a40 \u0a2c\u0a47\u0a28\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a2d\u0a3e\u0a38\u0a3c\u0a3e \u0a35\u0a3f\u0a71\u0a1a \u0a09\u0a2a\u0a32\u0a2c\u0a27 \u0a28\u0a39\u0a40\u0a02 \u0a39\u0a48\u0964 \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a30\u0a2a\u0a3e \u0a15\u0a30\u0a15\u0a47 \u0a07\u0a71\u0a25\u0a47 \u0a26\u0a47\u0a16\u0a4b\u0964Chandigarh, April 20: To further strengthen the De-addiction Programme, the dedicated IT cell will be set up in collaboration with Directorate Governance Reforms. Disclosing this here today, Health Minister Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu said that a meeting was held to discuss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,180],"tags":[18038,283,18036,18037,18035,925,18039],"class_list":{"0":"post-34649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-punjab","9":"tag-155-private-de-addiction-centres","10":"tag-covid-19","11":"tag-de-addiction-programme","12":"tag-de-addiction-treatment","13":"tag-dedicated-it-cell-will-set-up-in-collaboration-with-directorate-governance-reforms-to-strengthen-de-addiction-programme","14":"tag-health-minister-mr-balbir-singh-sidhu","15":"tag-novel-corona-virus"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}