Following Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s instruction for organising mobile medical health check up camps in villages, the facility was now introduced in Korba after it was initiated in Bastar region on Wednesday.
A medical team comprising doctors and paramedics organised a health check-up camp at rural weekly markets in various villages of Korba on Friday.
Mayor, Korba, Renu Agrawal flagged off 10 health check up mobile vans on Wednesday in presence of district collector, Kiran Kaushal.
With start of this facility in Korba, it became second district after Bastar to take medical services closer to villagers.
Kaushal informed on this occasion that Chhattisgarh government launched this pilot project in Dantewada of Bastar region to provide mobile medical facilities in haat-bazaars.
Now this facility will be provided in weekly haat bazaars in each and every block of the district and apart from pathology services, doctors will also conduct health checkups and will provide necessary medicines to needy villagers.