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Organisation: The State Health Department
of Manipur fully is committed in the total health cafe of its people in the
spirit of Heath for All. The priority of the Department is to provide the
optimum health needs of the people in general and particularly to those living
in Rural and Tribal areas of the State.
A complete chart showing the
department's organizational structure can be found either in the following
MS WORD
format or PDF format.
The Health system of the State is based
upon the Primary Health Care approach as envisaged in the National
Health Policy of 1983 with the objective of attainment of "Health
for All" and "All for Health"
The three tier
administrative set up of the Health Services in the State is as follows :
The highest level of the organisation is the Administrative level. A
cabinet Minister heads it and major decisions concerning policies, programmes
and proposals are taken at this level. The minister is supported by a
Commissioner/Secretary, Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary and under Secretary of
Manipur Secretariat .
At directorate level, the department is headed by the Director as the
Technical and health Administrator of the state. The Director is
assisted by Additional Directors, Joint Directors and Deputy Directors to give
direction and undertake planning, supervision, evaluation and monitoring of
various health programmes taken up in the state of Manipur.
The District level Health Administration is
organised through the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) as the head who is assisted by
District Level Programme Officers. The District Health Organization is
responsible for implementation of various health programmes under primary health
care through a network of various health care centres and hospitals in the district.
A complete chart showing the District level Health Administration structure can be found either in
the following MS WORD
format or PDF format.
Health Infrastructure:
The state has altogether 539 Primary Health Care Institutions, 13 hospitals including one state level
hospital (J.N Hospital) as referral centre and 7 District Hospitals. Other
9 Drug
de-addiction centres, TB Centers at 6 districts, 4 Leprosy Control Unit and 6
STD Clinics tea are functioning in the State.
Health Manpower: A total of
626 Medical officers, 37 dental surgeons, 321
pharmacists, 235 staff nurses, 148 male heath supervisors and 412 female health
workers are working in various institutions of the organization. Out of a requirement
of 260 clinical specialists, only 107 are available with the organization to cater to the needs of the people of Manipur.
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