After success of ‘Mohalla Clinics’ in Delhi, the Gujarat Health Department has decided to replicate the concept of “doctors reaching out to the patients’ doorsteps”. Allocations worth Rs 500 crore to set up such medical facilities in 4 major cities of Gujarat including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat.
In Gujarat, these clinics would be equivalent to Community Health Centres (CHCs) and each facility would have around 30 bed capacity with routine and emergency care in surgery, medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, dental and other services.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani given his consent to the proposal. “Also, Rupani’s predecessor Anandiben Patel, who focused on healthcare during her tenure, had launched several new schemes covering the masses. Thus, these clinics have been planned to not only reach out to the public, but also serve as an intermediary network so that people do not have to travel for health care facilities.”
