Bihar launches healthcare facilities for elderly at doorsteps

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inspects the operation  enactment    of Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan Super Specialty Hospital successful  Patna connected  Wednesday.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inspects the operation enactment of Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan Super Specialty Hospital successful Patna connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar connected Saturday (January 3, 2026) announced plans to supply healthcare facilities to the aged citizens astatine their doorstep nether the Saat Nischay-3 programme. Sharing the accusation connected the societal media level X, Mr. Kumar has directed the wellness section to instrumentality the scheme.

“Our effort is to guarantee that the needy elder citizens of the State tin avail indispensable wellness services astatine their homes astatine the clip of need. To guarantee that health-related facilities are available, we person directed the wellness section to enactment swiftly,” the Chief Minister wrote connected X.

The facilities see nursing assistance, pathology tests, humor unit check, ECG test, physiotherapy and each types of aesculapian assistance successful exigency situations.

He further sought suggestions from the radical of Bihar successful the post. “It is also necessary to place what different facilities tin beryllium provided to marque the lives of the State’s elder citizens easier. In this regard, if you privation to springiness immoderate circumstantial suggestions, you tin taxable your invaluable suggestions done post, message and QR code.”

Any national consenting to springiness suggestions tin nonstop a missive to Additional Secretary, 4 Deshratna Marg, Chief Minister Secretariat, Patna-800 001 oregon via email to cm-secretariat-bih@gov.in

“Since our authorities came to powerfulness successful the State connected November 24, 2005, we person worked for the upliftment of radical from each sections of nine and for improvement successful each sector, guided by the rule of improvement with justice. We person considered the full Bihar arsenic our household and taken afloat attraction of everyone’s honour and respect,” Mr. Kumar said.

‘Push Bihar forward’

“We person implemented the programme of Saat Nischay-3 to see Bihar successful the class of the astir developed States successful the state for the play from 2025 to 2030. Our nonsubjective ‘Sabka Samman-Jeevan Aasaan’ (Ease of Living) aims to trim hardships of each citizens of the State and marque their lives easier,“ helium added.

The scheme, outlining 7 halfway resolutions, was cleared by the State authorities connected December 16, 2025.

Of the seven, ‘Accessible Health-Secure Life’ is the 5th solution promised by the authorities nether which artifact assemblage wellness centres volition beryllium developed arsenic speciality hospitals, and territory hospitals arsenic ace speciality hospitals. Public-private partnerships volition beryllium encouraged successful the State’s caller aesculapian colleges and hospitals for amended acquisition and treatment.

To guarantee amended aesculapian facilities successful distant agrarian areas, a abstracted inducement strategy for doctors volition beryllium arranged, and a argumentation volition beryllium introduced to prohibit backstage signifier by authorities doctors.

The strategy was archetypal introduced by Mr. Kumar successful 2015. On returning to powerfulness successful 2020, helium followed it up with Saat Nischay-2.

Published - January 03, 2026 11:14 p.m. IST

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