A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Apollo Children’s Hospital (ACH), Chennai and Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) Program under National Health Mission (NHM), Nagaland on the 24th of July 2025 at the Office Chamber of the Mission Director, NHM. The MoU was signed for screening and treatment of Congenital Heart Diseases for Children 0 to 18 years of Age. As per the MoU, NHM will organize screening camps in collaboration with Apollo Children’s Hospital, Chennai in Nagaland and those children requiring further treatment will be referred to Apollo Children’s Hospital, Chennai for which the expense will be covered by NHM as per RBSK model costing and the excess expenditure over and above the RBSK norms will be taken care of by the Apollo Hospital Charitable Trust.
ACH will also provide free accommodation to the patient parties at a maximum of one attendant per patient during their child treatment at the hospital. They will also provide training to Government doctors in paediatric cardiac surgery/interventions and will also be committed to training the support staff which is also part of the MoU. The Mission Director during the interaction expressed her appreciation to ACH for their initiative and hoped that this collaboration will benefit the people of Nagaland by improving access to specialized medical care and support services. Niranjani. S, the unit head of Apollo Children’s Hospital and Women’s Hospital also shared their positive experience in Meghalaya, Tripura and Arunachal and mentioned that the Hospital will also introduce Tele Consultation in the State as well as create opportunities to nurses from the State in the coming years.
The MoU was signed by Dr. Avile Zao, Mission Director, NHM for RBSK, NHM, Nagaland and by Niranjani. S, the unit head of Apollo Children’s and Women’s Hospital for Apollo Children’s Hospital, who was accompanied by D. Rajkumar, Senior Manager, Health Care Services, Apollo Children’s Hospital in the presence of the State Program Officer, (NHM) Dr. Keveduyi Theyo and Officers from NHM.
NHM has also signed MoU with SKY Hospital and SHIJA Hospitals & Research Institute, Imphal, Manipur in 2018 and Health City Hospital, Guwahati, Assam in 2025 in this regard and has been rendering services in Hearth Screening and Treatment since then.
(DIPR)
