The Chief Minister’s Urban Slum Health Scheme is proving to be a boon for people residing in urban slums in Chhattisgarh.
Under the scheme, free of cost doorstep healthcare facility is provided. So far, more than 24 lakh people have benefitted, a communication from the Health Department said on Monday.
So far, 34,370 camps have been held in 169 urban bodies areas across the state under the scheme with the help of 90 Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) in the state, it said.
The beneficiaries are provided free consultation, treatment, medicines and lab test facilities.
The scheme was started in 14 Municipal Corporations on November 1, 2020.