Rachna Khaira
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, December 24
The National Health Mission (NHM) is expected to be launched in the city by January.
A district-level society comprising the Mayor as the chairperson and the Municipal Commissioner as the vice-chairperson, with Civil Surgeon as the chief executive officer was formed today to effectively implement the NHM programme in the city.
The society will also have officials from the Health Department and the Municipal Corporation (MC) to provide a four-tier health cover to city residents.
“Presently, city residents come directly to the Civil Hospital from their respective dispensaries. After the NHM implementation, they would be having urban primary health centres (UPHCs) and Urban Community Health Centres (UCHCs) at their disposal. With four different levels of health care units working in the city, city residents will have health care facility readily available at their doorstep,” said RL Bassan, Civil Surgeon. He also said that they had proposed six kiosks offering prescription for common diseases and immunisation facility, three UPHCs and three CHCs in various parts of the city, but would soon increase their number depending on the population of a respective area.
While for every 50 to 100 houses, a Mahila Arogaya Samiti’s representative would be working, there would be a community health volunteer working for every 200 to 500 households. For every 10,000 households, an ANM would be working and for over 50,000 households, a UPHC would be established. A CHC would be established for every 2.5 lakh population and above.
Major health care challenges in the city
Mission’s focus areas
NHM infrastructure in city areas proposed
Urban primary health centres (UPHCs)
Urban community health centres (UCHCs)
1
3
6