MP bags top spot in health review

Bhopal, Dec 29: A Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry review has accorded top spot to Madhya Pradesh for the second successive year when it comes to availability of health facilities, state Health Minister Ajay Vishnoi said.

''This state's achievements have been praiseworthy in implementing the Reproductive and Child Health programme and National Rural Health Mission,'' he claimed before reporters here yesterday.

Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss praised Madhya Pradesh last year over positive results in these two programmes. Madhya Pradesh earned 12 points, Assam 10, Mizoram, Sikkim and Uttarakhand 9 each, Manipur and Tripura 8 each, Arunachal Pradesh and Orissa 7 each, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh 6 each.

UNI