Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao on Tuesday presented the Kayakalp awards to the best public healthcare facilities and institutions at the State-level awards presentation function held in Mysuru.
The service recognition awards in the healthcare sector that were conferred on the institutions today should inspire other public health facilities in the State to excel in discharging services and comply with the guidelines as done by the award-winning institutions, said the Minister, after presenting the awards at the Platinum Jubilee Hall of MMCRI.
In total, 2,000 healthcare facilities were conferred the awards in various categories. The Kayakalpa awards is an initiative of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched in 2015 to ensure hygiene, sanitation and cleanliness in public health facilities in the country. The district hospitals, community health centres, primary health centres, and health and wellness centres that work under the public healthcare system are recognised and service recognition awards are presented to them for achieving high-level of cleanliness, hygiene and infection control.
