The state government has taken a big initiative to provide healthcare services to remote villages and areas of the hills. On Tuesday, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, inaugurated 110 Mobile Medical Units from the Nabanna Health Building. These vans will be equipped with modern medical instruments, essential items for primary treatment, and a range of necessary medicines.
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Mamata Banerjee said that with ₹84 crore received from MPs' Local Area Development Funds, in all, 210 Mobile Medical Units have been prepared, and out of those, 110 were inaugurated on this day. The Mobile Medical Units are fully mobile.
The CM Banerjee said that each Mobile Medical Unit will have doctors, nurses, technicians, essential equipment and medicines. People in the areas where the unit will operate will be informed in advance. This will particularly benefit pregnant women and children, but many other ailments will also be treated. If required, patients can also be referred to hospitals from these units.
What tests will the Mobile Medical Units offer?
These units will provide free testing for 35 conditions, including haemoglobin, pregnancy, malaria, ECG and blood sugar. According to the Chief Minister, running these services will cost the government around ₹30 crore annually. She also claimed that over the past 14 years, there has been a revolution in the state's healthcare sector.
Mamata raises SIR issue again
After inaugurating this new project, the Chief Minister once again addressed the SIR issue. She said that earlier, many children were born at home, especially in rural areas, and in the absence of institutional births, the date mentioned on educational certificates was considered the official date of birth. Currently, she stated, 99.4% of children are born in institutions.
