{"id":3223,"date":"2020-06-29T20:18:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T20:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2020-06-29T20:18:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T20:18:43","slug":"honorary-health-workers-to-get-financial-incentives-says-mamata-banerjee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=3223","title":{"rendered":"Honorary health workers to get financial incentives, says Mamata Banerjee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"full-details\">\n<div class=\"editor\" id=\"storycenterbyline\">By: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/agency\/express-news-service\/\">Express News Service<\/a> | Kolkata |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-06-29T02:55:13+05:30\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPublished: June 29, 2020  2:55:13 am\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/06\/Mamata-Banerjee-759.jpg?w=759\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"759\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"422\"\/><\/span><span class=\"custom-caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6474515\" alt=\"Mamata Banerjee, health workers, financial incentives, Bengal news, Indian express news\" src=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/06\/Mamata-Banerjee-759.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/06\/Mamata-Banerjee-759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/06\/Mamata-Banerjee-759.jpg?resize=450,250 450w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/06\/Mamata-Banerjee-759.jpg?resize=600,334 600w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/06\/Mamata-Banerjee-759.jpg?resize=728,405 728w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/06\/Mamata-Banerjee-759.jpg?resize=150,83 150w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6474515\" src=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/06\/Mamata-Banerjee-759.jpg\" alt=\"Mamata Banerjee, health workers, financial incentives, Bengal news, Indian express news\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/06\/Mamata-Banerjee-759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/06\/Mamata-Banerjee-759.jpg?resize=450,250 450w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/06\/Mamata-Banerjee-759.jpg?resize=600,334 600w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/06\/Mamata-Banerjee-759.jpg?resize=728,405 728w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/06\/Mamata-Banerjee-759.jpg?resize=150,83 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\"\/><\/noscript> \u201cThese HHWs will be specially trained so as to further intensify our focus on the care of pregnant women, infants, immunisation, elimination of TB and other such diseases through household visits,\u201d the CM said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chief Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/mamata-banerjee\">Mamata Banerjee<\/a> on Sunday announced a financial package for trained Honorary Health Workers (HHW) in urban areas of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of our continued efforts to make primary healthcare in urban areas more robust, I, on behalf of the Government of West Bengal, am pleased to introduce a package of financial incentives for the trained Honorary Health Workers providing services in urban areas,\u201d Banerjee tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The chief minister added, \u201cThese HHWs will be specially trained so as to further intensify our focus on the care of pregnant women, infants, immunisation, elimination of TB and other such diseases through household visits. Around 6,500 HHWs will be benefitted by this initiative starting July 1, 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"appstext\"><strong>\ud83d\udce3 <em>The Indian Express is now on Telegram. 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