Chittorgarh, Mar 10 (UNI) Emphasising the need for public private partnership for expanding the health care facilities in the state, Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat today called for promoting blood and organ donation. Speaking after inaugurating the general hospital at Sawaliyaji temple town here, he said even now a large section of the people in the country were living below the poverty line, and it was a challenge for the civil society to privide education and health care to these poor people. ''The government alone will not succeed in this endovour and a private-public partnership is needed to accomplish this onerous task,'' he said.

Speaking on the occasion, Rajasthan Health Minister Dr Digambar Singh said the hospital would be equipped with all modern facilities. He said since the hospital was shifted to new premise away from the city, a dispensary would be set up in the city area to cater to the health care needs of the people living in the vicinity.

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