Written by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
The Karnataka authorities on Tuesday launched 108 ‘Namma Clinics’ in Bengaluru. CM Basavaraj Bommai inaugurated a clinic in Mahalakshmipura structure within the metropolis and referred to as this step as a revolutionary transfer within the city well being sector.
Talking with the reporters, Basavaraj Bommai mentioned, “Namma clinic is a revolutionary step. Earlier, there was consulting medical doctors, this idea has by and huge gone, and now if something occurs, the poor should go to large hospitals, and are disadvantaged of major healthcare, so the federal government has taken this initiative by embody personal clinics into the ambit,”
Well being Minister Ok Sudhakar on Monday mentioned the clinics are designed to offer common and complete major healthcare in city areas. Referral facility can be obtainable and sufferers requiring main remedy could be referred to secondary and tertiary centres. This is able to not solely scale back the price of remedy but in addition decentralise healthcare service, he mentioned. In keeping with officers, every clinic would have one physician, one nursing employees, one lab technician, and one employee. Completely, packages for antenatal, postnatal care, adolescent care, immunisation, household planning, fertility, communicable illnesses administration, normal and minor accidents, preventive take care of NCDs, oral care, eye care, ENT, psychological well being, geriatric care and laboratory service could be obtainable.
Out of the 438 Namma clinics, 243 could be in BBMP and the remainder 195 in districts, mentioned the Karnataka well being minister.