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Meghalaya investing in health sector to improve facilities

Nongpoh (Meghalaya), Dec 2 (UNI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Friday said that the government has been investing in the health sector to ensure better health facilities in the State.
“The State had to face a lot of challenges in the last two years due to the Covid pandemic and to overcome similar situations in the future the government has taken the initiative to overhaul the health infrastructure and ensure better services,” he said after inaugurating the General Nursing and Midwifery School here in Ri-Bhoi district.
“As a government, we have been spending a lot in terms of our health sector. In the nation as a whole, we are most probably the fourth highest in terms of the percentage of GDP that is spent on the health sector. We put a lot of focus on the health sector and that has only increased after the Covid." he said.
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