Virendra Kumar (centre) virtually inaugurated 25 drug de-addiction centres on Thursday. (Twitter/ @Drvirendrakum13) Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar Thursday virtually inaugurated three addiction treatment facilities in Mehsana, Jamnagar and Vadodara.
The three centres are among the 25 such centres inaugurated by the union minister across the country as part of the Nasha Mukta Bharat Abhiyan Thursday.
The facility in Mehsana has been set up at Mehsana Civil Hospital.
आज नई दिल्ली स्थित डाॅ भीमराव अंबेडकर अन्तराष्ट्रीय केन्द्र स्थित समाजिक न्याय एवं अधिकारिता मंत्रालय के नशा मुक्त भारत अभियान के तहत 25 नशा मुक्ति उपचार केन्द्र राष्ट्र को समर्पित करने के कार्यक्रम की अध्यक्षता की। 1/1#SayNoToDrugs pic.twitter.com/9PixDzzny8
— Dr. Virendra Kumar (@Drvirendrakum13) February 9, 2023
Animesh Patel, incharge Chief District Medical Officer of the Mehsana Civil Hospital and nodal officer of the facility said, “Total 25 such facilities were inaugurated by the union minister Virendra Kumar as part of the Nasha Mukta Bharat Abhiyan. The centre has been initiated by the Social Justice & Empowerment ministry and will be run by the Health department. Similar centres were also inaugurated in Jamnagar and Vadodara as well.”
According to Patel, the function was attended by Mehsana Collector M Nagarajan, district Superintendent of Police Achal Tyagi and Chief District Health Officer Mahesh Kapadiya.