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Over 44.37 lakh people avail free treatment and health check-ups

Raipur (thestates.news)|Free healthcare services are being provided to needy families living in urban slums in Chhattisgarh, largely owing to the initiative of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel. So far, the medical team of the Mobile Medical Unit has treated 44 lakh, 37 thousand, and 488 people by reaching out to people’s homes in slum settlements under the Mukhyamantri Shahri Slum Swasthya Yojana.

Under the Mukhyamantri Shahri Slum Swasthya Yojana, 120 mobile medical units equipped with doctors, paramedical teams, medical equipment, and medicines are presently providing health services to residents of the state’s urban slums. This scheme has so far resulted in the pathology testing of 10 lakh, 69 thousand, and 741 people. In addition, free medicines have been distributed to about 37 lakh 71 thousand 670 people.