4 new medical colleges to come up in Chhattisgarh

Additionally, Rs 5 crore has been allocated for setting up mobile medical units in remote and inaccessible areas and a budget provision of Rs 7.50 lakh for setting up of e-medical facilities at existing hospitals in Ambikapur, Korba and Kanker.

Allocating Rs 5494 crore for health and family welfare, the chief minister said the budget aims at the unprecedented expansion of health and medical facilities in the state.

Considering the travel problems that the students face, a new hostel will be built in Kota, Rajasthan for the convenience of students going to Kota for preparation for entrance examinations for medical and engineering institutes.

Chhattisgarh is one of the fastest developing states in the country with various health Insurance models like Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojana, Sanjeevani sahayata Kosh, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana and other schemes to provide quality and affordable health care to its population.

Under the ‘Mukhyamantri slum swasthya yojana’ and ‘Dhanwantri medical generic store scheme’, people living in urban slums are getting medicines at an affordable cost through dedicated mobile medical units, free-of-cost health check-ups, medical tests, and treatment.

On the same line, ‘Mukhyamantri Dai-Didi Clinic Yojana’ was started to provide essential healthcare services to girls and women living in slums through MMUs by an all-women staff. The last four years has seen an increase in the number of Primary Health Care centres.