Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today reiterated that his government will continue to make consistent endeavour to improve health service delivery and modernize the infrastructure.
Inaugurating the 54th Indian Orthodontic Conference at the SOA University here, the Chief Minister said that healthcare is a top priority of his government.
The State Government is in the process of formulating Vision 2025 with the goal to provide quality and affordable healthcare to all, the CM said.
Addressing the august gathering of distinguished dental professionals, Naveen said, “In current Five-T model of governance and Mo Sarkar initiative, healthcare has been at the top of our agenda. We will continue to make consistent endeavour to improve health service delivery and modernise the infrastructure”.
“The philosophy of our governance initiative is ‘People are the real masters in a democracy. They must avail all the public services as a right and with dignity”, he said.
Oral health is an often neglected health issue which has an overall impact on the general health. Un-relented use of tobacco and other substance abuse has worsened the situation creating a grave health issue, the CM further stated.
“In Odisha, we have created 437 centres at peripheral hospitals to provide dental healthcare at remote areas. These peripheral units are also carrying out awareness activities and conducting screening and treatment of oral diseases. The State Government is planning to launch Oral Hygiene Programme with provision of Model Dental Vans”, he said.
Orthodontics has a strong psycho-social impact of altering dental aesthetics thereby positively reinforcing the emotional state of an individual, the CM further stated.