Health Minister Wants NIMHANS To Fix Gap In Karnataka's Mental Healthcare By 2022

He said this model would be easier to implement in Karnataka, because the state is fortunate to have NIMHANS.

“When you can mentor the whole country, then, of course, you can mentor the districts in the state,” Vardhan said, while appealing to the medical fraternity at NIMHANS to help them achieve a successful model, which can be emulated by rest of the country.

NIMHANS can also encourage the whole country to try and achieve the best possible health parameters in the New India, that is the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said.

Speaking about other targets, the Minister said, We are dreaming of eliminating tuberculosis by 2025. We want to eliminate measles, Kala Azar, filariasis. We want to handle malaria very meticulously.“

He said the government does not want a single child to be left without vaccine which is freely available in the universal immunisation programme.

Also, he appealed to the Karnataka government to sanction an additional 50 acres of land to NIMHANS for the proposed comprehensive trauma care centre in the city.