- TEZPUR/MANGALDAI (ASSAM) — Union Health and Family Welfare minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on
Wednesday inaugurated the new library and informatics centre at the Lokpriya
Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health (LGBRIMH) in Tezpur.
FILE PHOTO- J P Nadda
Nadda also laid the foundation stone of a critical care
block at Mangaldai Civil Hospital in Darrang district.
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- Accompanied by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma,
Nadda reached the hospital complex and unveiled the library and informatics
centre at Tezpur in Sonitpur district. Nadda is on a day-long tour to Assam to
take part in a series of official programmes.
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- He reached Guwahati on Tuesday late at night and was
supposed to reach Tezpur by chopper in the morning. However, due to inclement
weather, he travelled by road from Guwahati, an official said.
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- Nadda also attended the Board of Governors meeting at
LGBRIMH in Tezpur after inaugurating the library and informatics centre along
with Sarma and Assam Health and Family Welfare Minister Ashok Singhal.
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- "I attended the Board of Governors meeting, where
several proposals were placed. We approved all those proposals so that the
institute moves ahead at a rapid pace in the coming days," Nadda told
reporters after the meeting.
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- Later in a post on X, he said that the state-of-the-art
library and informatics centre will play a crucial role in empowering students
with the tools and resources needed for their academic growth and research in
mental health.
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- During the visit, he inaugurated the institute's main
gate, which is an archive of the health establishment. LGBRIMH is an autonomous
institute under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Central
government.
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- Later, Sarma in a series of posts on X said: "I had
the privilege of joining Adarniya Shri @JPNadda ji in dedicating the Library
& Informatics Centre at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of
Mental Health and attending its Board of Governors Meeting. The new facilities
will boost its research capabilities."
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- The LGBRIMH is one of India's oldest mental health
institutions and the best tertiary psychiatric care centre in the Northeast, he
added.
