The Meghalaya government has approved the state’s first Health Policy.

The policy called MOTHER (Measurable Outcomes Transforming Health sector through a holistic approach with a focus on women’s Empowerment) was approved in a Cabinet meeting on Friday, said a statement.

Taking to the Twitter handle, CM Sangma wrote, “Cabinet made a landmark decision today bypassing the Meghalaya State Health Policy becoming the 1st State in India to have devised and passed a State Health Policy during the #Covid_19 pandemic period.”

Cabinet made a landmark decision today by passing the Meghalaya State Health Policy becoming the 1st State in India to have devised and passed a State Health Policy during the #Covid_19 pandemic period.@narendramodi @drharshvardhan @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/8HJM1C3V5G

— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) March 5, 2021