In a bid to ensure accessible and high-quality healthcare services, 4,539 Health and Wellness Centers have been established across Chhattisgarh.
A total of 2,667 Community Health Officers (CHOs) have also been appointed in these centers.
These centers are equipped with 12 types of services like antenatal care, delivery care, newborn health and immunization, family planning and reproductive health, national health programmes, communicable and non-communicable diseases screening and management, mental health screening and management, outpatient care for common diseases, eye-nose-ear-throat care, oral health care, veteran health care services and emergency medical facilities.
Yoga and wellness activities are also being conducted through these centers to create health and well-being awareness among the people.
Dr. Surendra Pambhoi, Joint Director of Health Department and State Nodal Officer of Health and Wellness Centers, said that expert-level medical advice and counseling were being provided to patients by specialist doctors through e-Sanjeevani telemedicine service.
So far, 4.43 lakh patients have been provided consultation at the primary level.
This initiative has been appreciated by the NITI Aayog. In 2021, the team of Khallari Health and Wellness Center of Kondagaon district was awarded for providing excellent healthcare on Universal Health Care Day.