Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel flagged off three mobile Dai-Didi Clinics meant for women on Thursday to mark former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
The pilot project, under the Chief Minister’s Urban Slum Health Scheme, will provide medical treatment facility to women from female doctors and staff.
The three mobile clinics are for Raipur, Durg-Bhilai and Bilaspur municipalities.
Baghel took a tour of the mobile clinic and got his blood pressure tested. In this Dai-Didi Special Clinic, only female doctors and female medical staff will be appointed and treatment will be free of cost.
On the occasion, he said that Dai-Didi clinic is the first of its kind scheme in the country which is entirely dedicated to provide medical treatment facility to women.
The Chief Minister said that women often hesitate to talk about their health problems. But with female doctors and medical staff, they can discuss their problems freely. He urged the women to get maximum benefit from the clinics.
Along with the first aid, Dai-Didi clinic will provide for breast cancer screening, self-breast examination and regular and special screening of pregnant women.
The clinics will camp in slum areas on a predetermined day in the cities in collaboration with the Women and Child Development Department.
Benefits of various beneficial projects of the Department for pregnant women and children will also be provided.