Gorakhpur, Dec 10 (UNI) Expressing concern over the health of women, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on Tuesday said that the hemoglobin level in 30-50 per cent of female students studying in the colleges of the state had been found to be only 5-6 per cent.
Speaking at a programme organised on the occasion of the completion of the establishment ceremony of the Maharana Pratap Shiksha Parishad, Ms Patel said that it was a shocking and worrisome fact that in 30-50 per cent of women students at universities, haemoglobin was found between 5-6 per cent.
"I attended several convocation ceremonies in some universities in the past few days and had asked for information to be compiled on the status of women health. In about 30-50 per cent of them, hemoglobin was found to be low.", she said.