PATNA: Health minister Mangal Pandey on Sunday said medical facilities at urban primary health centres (PHCs) in the state are being improved with appointment of doctors, nurses and staff. “So far, 89 medical officers have been appointed on contract basis. All the newly appointed medical officers have been asked to join duty in their allotted district by December 31,” he said.
Pandey added urban PHCs are being established in selected cities under the Centre’s National Urban Health Mission to provide better healthcare facilities to the people of slum areas. “At least 104 such centres are operating in the state. The process of increasing its number of such centres is on. The idea is to ensure quick treatment for people living in slum areas in various cities,” he said.
“Patients get treatment and medicines for free at these PHCs. Even during the Covid period, patients suffering from other ailments were treated at these PHCs. These PHCs were also made model vaccination centres,” Pandey said.