Patna, Feb. 16 -- Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Monday said in the assembly that performance of the state on various health parameters has improved remarkably in last few years and in some of them its ranking is number one in the country.
Pandey said this while replying to debate on budgetary demand of his department for the financial year 2026-27 in the state assembly.
"On DVDMS Central Dashboard, Bihar continues to hold rank one in the country for supply and distribution of medicines in government hospitals across the state for the last 17 months," Minister said adding that Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) had decreased to 23 which was better than national average of 25. Neo-natalMortality Rate-NMR had also reduced to 18 which was b...