Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan flagged off 11 Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) which will travel across villages in Odisha providing free primary healthcare services.
Six of these MMUs, which are specially equipped vehicles, have been supported by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation ltd., four by GAIl (India) limited and one by Oil and Natural Gas ltd. (ONGC) as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Each MMU will have a qualified doctor (minimum MBBS), a nurse (ANM), a laboratory technician, a pharmacist, essential medicines, diagnostic kits and information and awareness material on health and hygiene.
The MMUs are GPS enabled so that their movement can be tracked on a real-time basis. The project is designed to cover villages in a range of 25 to 40 km from its base location. One MMU can cover 4 to 5 villages in a day.