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Central scheme to cover travel cost of pregnant women in Sunderbans [1]

KOLKATA, 3 FEB: The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has decided to bear the travel cost of pregnant women of the Sunderbans after it was found that most of these women shied away from attending hospitals for their delivery as they are located in far-flung areas.

Senior state health officials said motorboats used to ferry people would be hired by NRHM officials for ferrying pregnant women

Publication Date: 
04/02/2011
Statesman (Kolkata) [2]
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Health Care [3], Sundarbans [4], West Bengal [5], National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) [6], Rural Health [7], Maternal Health [8], Women [9]
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