To upgrade cleanliness in the
major tertiary care hospitals of the country, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda
launched the Clean and Green campaign at AIIMS here on Wednesday.The campaign,
launched as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean
India campaign), will cover the 12 major tertiary care hospitals of India to
instil a sense of urgency and seriousness of purpose for cleanliness issues in
hospitals. As part of the campaign, the health ministry will award the hospital
with the best sanitation and cleanliness maintenance in the next one
year."The time has come for paying heed to sanitation and cleanliness in
hospitals.