More than 25 lakh people receive free treatment through Chief Minister Urban Slum Health Scheme.
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So far, more than 25 lakh people have received treatment from the medical team of the Mobile Medical Unit by reaching the slums of the poor through Mukhyamantri Shahari Slum Health Scheme. Under the scheme, doctors, paramedical teams, and 120 mobile medical units equipped with medical equipment and medicines are now providing health facilities to the people in the slums of the urban areas of CG. Under the scheme, five lakh 15 thousand 574 patients got pathology tests, and free medicines have been given to more than 20 lakh 92 thousand 266 patients. Two lakh 41 thousand 865 workers are also among the patients who benefitted under the scheme.
Poor people cannot get to the hospital and get treatment. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel understood this plight of the poor. He envisioned a doctor reaching home to treat the poor.
Mobile medical units are roaming around in cities to treat the poor living in slums. Under the Chief Minister’s Urban Slum Health Scheme, the Urban Administration and Development Department organised 35 thousand 801 camps in the slums of 169 urban bodies of the state, and people received free medications. Urban Administration and Development Minister Dr Shivkumar Dahria have directed the departmental officers to conduct health check-up and provide free medicines to the needy people of urban areas.
The first phase of the Mukhyamantri Shahari Slum Health Scheme began on 01 November 2020 to provide health facilities to the people living in slums of 14 municipal corporation areas. Under this, health check-ups and treatment and drug distribution of people were started by going to slums by 60 mobile medical units. People reached home through this scheme by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. The health facility, on 31 March 2022, was expanded to the urban body areas of the entire state.
