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Deendayal clinics would be set up in slum areas of civic bodies with over 1 lakh population. There are many slums where ambulance or rickshaws cannot enter. Gujarat slum areas all set to have Deendayal Clinics soon, Deputy CM Nitin Patel says | Photo Credit: PTI
Ahmedabad: Nitin Patel, Deputy CM announced yesterday about the launch of Deendayal Clinics in slum areas of urban and semi-urban areas of Gujarat. The scheme was ignored for over six months due to Covid.
Directions have been provided to all the civic bodies to identify areas where such clinics can be put up, according to Patel. The scheme was announced in Gujarat budget of 2020-21. Patel told in his budget speech, “I announce the scheme of starting one Urban Health Centre each for a population of 10,000. Various health care services will be provided at this centre through an MBBS or AYUSH doctor.”