The State Government on Sunday said all the health centres working under urban local bodies would be brought under the Health and Family Welfare Department soon under the Urban Health Mission Programme.
A decision to this effect was taken at a review meeting held under chairmanship of Health and Family Welfare Secretary Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra at the State Secretariat on Saturday.
There are 85 urban Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and seven urban Community Health Centres (CHCs) operating in 42 towns and cities each having more than 50,000 population. However, there are 19 urban PHCs and one urban CHC are operating under the Urban Development Department in the cities and towns like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Sambalpur, Baripada, Keonjhar and Paralakhemundi. These PHCs and CHC come under the Health and Family Welfare Department soon, an official release said.
It was also decided that a total of 30 urban PHCs and three CHCs would be established in five municipality area including five municipal corporations in the State. Similarly, of the 92 existing health centres, new buildings will be constructed for 46 health centres and the rest would be renovated. A total of 685 Asha Workers and 294 ANMs would be appointed under the Urban Health Mission to provide better health services to the urban slum dwellers, the release said.