Write a brief review of the significant event in the field of public health in india
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There have been numerous vaccination centres, incubation centres and special mention should also be made of the district and the national and the state level medical camps that have been set up under different government and non-government schemes.
Also, in India, over the years there have been cases where special care has been taken of the mother and the child.
(1) To raise the standard of living of people, provide nutritious food and provide public health facilities is the duty of the government in the welfare state.
(2) The Ministry of Health provides public health facilities in the urban and rural areas through Primary Health Centres.
(3) Allopathy, Ayurvedic, Unani, Homeopathy and Naturopathy systems have been encouraged through medical councils.
(4) First open heart surgery was successfully performed at Christian Medical College Hospital at Vellore in 1962.
(5) Jaipur Foots technique was developed in 1968.
(6) First kidney transplant operation was successfully carried out in 1971 at Christian Medical College Hospital at Vellore.
(7) The successful experiment in test tube baby Technology was made in Kolkata in 1978.
(8) The 'pulse polio' immunisation programme started in 1995 has controlled polio.
(9) Universal immunization programme has considerably brought down infant mortality rate in India.