Raipur, 27 March . On the initiative of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, free health checkup and medical treatment facilities are being provided to poor families living in slums of urban areas. So far, 44 lakh 1942 people have availed the free treatment under Chief Minister’s Urban Slum Health Scheme (Mukhyamantri Shahri Slum Swasthya Yojana), provided by the medical teams in Mobile Medical Units.
Under the Chief Minister’s Urban Slum Health Scheme, 120 mobile medical units equipped with doctors, paramedical teams, medical equipment and medicines regularly visit the urban slums across the state to provide healthcare facilities. So far, round 10 lakh 57 thousand 451 patients have got their pathology tests done and more than 37 lakh 41 thousand 312 patients have been provided free medicines under this scheme. The beneficiaries of the scheme include more than 2 lakh 76 thousand 663 hard-working people.
Till date, 58 thousand 168 camps have been held in the slums of 169 urban bodies of the state, under Chief Minister Urban Slum Health Scheme, run by the Urban Administration and Development Department of Chhattisgarh Government. Urban Administration and Development Minister Dr. Shivkumar Dahria has directed the departmental officers to provide free medicines to the poor people of urban areas and other people in need, after proper health check-up.
It is noteworthy that the first phase of the Chief Minister Urban Slum Health Scheme was started on 01 November 2020, under which 60 mobile medical units started visiting the slums of 14 municipal corporation areas of the state to provide health check-up and treatment facility, along with distribution of medicines. On March 31, 2022, the scheme was further expanded to the urban areas of the entire state and 60 more new mobile medical units were added.
