21 more mohalla clinics to start functioning in Delhi from Thursday

In order to provide affordable and accessible healthcare, Delhi government has rolled out revamped mohalla clinics

GN Bureau | March 31, 2016


#Arvind Kejriwal   #Aam Aadmi Party   #AAP   #Delhi   #Health   #Mohalla Clinic  


Following the success of Mohalla clinic, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will inaugurate 21 more Aam Aadmi Mohalla clinics on Thursday. The clinics will house an OPD and patients will have access to free medicines and more than 200 free tests. The clinics will also provide de-addiction counselling, family welfare counselling, life style disease counselling and national programme counselling.

Of the 21 clinics, south-east, south and west districts will have one clinic each, New Delhi, north and Shahdara districts each will have two clinics each, south west district will have three such clinics, east and north-east districts will have four and five clinics respectively.

Delhi has taken a huge leap towards affordable healthcare by opening mohalla clinics. The first Aam Aadmi Mohalla clinic was opened in Peeragarhi in north-west Delhi almost eight months ago. The clinic was a big hit with people in Peeragarhi and surrounding areas who were tired of waiting in long queues at government hospitals.

Earlier this month, Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi government had announced that they will open 100 more mohalla clinics on a pilot basis. The government had mandated that the new clinics be housed in rented accommodations and had invited applications from private or retired doctors to run and manage the clinics. The new clinics will operate for four hours from Monday to Friday. The government will pay the doctors Rs 30 per patients they attend which might go up to Rs 40 per patient if they employ someone to assist them. Electricity, water and sewer connections will be provided by the government. The doctors will have to maintain a biometric list of patients.

Delhi government has planned 1000 mohalla clinics for this year.
 

Comments

 

Other News

Is the US a superpower anymore?

On April 8, hours after warning that “a whole civilisation will die tonight,” US president Donald Trump, exhibiting his unique style of retreating from high-voltage brinkmanship, announced that he agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. The weekend talks in Islamabad have failed and the futur

Machines communicate, humans connect

There is a moment every event professional knows—the kind that arrives without warning, usually an hour before the curtain rises. Months of meticulous planning are in place. And then comes the call: “We’ll also need a projector. For the slides.”   No email

Why India is entering a ‘stagflation lite’ phase

India’s macroeconomic narrative is quietly shifting—from a rare “Goldilocks” equilibrium of stable growth and contained inflation to a more fragile phase where external shocks are beginning to dominate domestic policy outcomes. The numbers still look reassuring at first glance: GDP

Labour law in India: A decade of transition

The story of labour law in India is not just about laws and codes, but also about how the nation has continued to negotiate the position of the workforce within its economic framework. The implementation of the Labour Codes across the country in November 2025 marks a definitive endpoint in the process. Yet

Time for India to build genuine resilience in energy security

There is a strip of water barely 33 kilometres wide between Iran and Oman that connects the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world`s oceans. For most of India`s history, it was a distant geographic fact. Since late February, it has been a kitchen problem.   The Strait of Hormuz. T

Will an oil price shock crash the global economy?

As tensions rise between Iran and Israel, the potential for ongoing disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has driven global energy markets very unstable. With crude prices climbing towards $140 per barrel, the world is facing its most significant oil shock since 1973.   However,


Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter