HMRI awarded the prestigious "The Manthan South Asia 2008 Award" for best e-content for development under 104 health services in AP

Hyderabad|India|October'2008: Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI) has been awarded the prestigious "The Manthan South Asia 2008 Award" for best e-content for development under 104 health services in the State.

The CEO, HMRI (104), Mr.Balaji Utla and Advisor, HMRI, Dr.A.P.Ranga Rao met the Chief Minister Dr.Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy at Secretariat recently regarding the Certificate of Appreciation given to the organization. The Award was presented at a function held at New Delhi recently.

Expressing his happiness, the Chief Minister complimented the HMRI officials and wished them good luck in their future endeavours.

The certificate states that "Healthcare reaches the masses through meticulous planning, integrated infrastructure, ICT enablement, government support and passionate concern for the need of healthcare by the masses. HMRI has converted this vision into reality. The project addresses the last mile problems involved in delivery of health care services by supplementing, supporting, and complementing the existing Public Health Delivery Systems, through technology, especially to the rural public. Initially, the project was started as a Health Information Help Line, with a toll free number. Now it has been extended to provide various health services as Health Management and Research Institute in four districts of Andhra Pradesh and has been scaled up to reach 8 crore people in the entire State".