55 health and welfare centres to be opened in Haryana

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Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Friday said that 55 health and welfare centres would be established in all districts of the State during the current financial year.

He said that these centres would be set up with the help of Central Government where people would be provided with extensive primary healthcare services.

The Minister said that Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved Rs 572.13 lakh for the construction of these centres.

These centres would be established in the population of 1.20 lakh and 25 to 30 sub-centres would be related to them.

These centres would be linked with primary health centres, community health centres and civil hospitals.

These centres would have treatment facilities for ENT, ophthalmology, dental problems, mental diseases, management of diseases and others, Vij said.

Giving more details, the Health Minister said that five centres would be set up in Mewat, four each in Bhiwani and Hisar and one to three centres would be set up in other districts. About Rs 10 lakh has been estimated to be spent on each centre, he added.

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