Tamil Nadu CM launches 500 Urban Health and Wellness Centres
Chennai: As many as 500 Urban Health and Wellness Centres (UHWCs), spread across the State were virtually inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday.
The UHWCs, intended to function as ancillary units of Urban Primary Health Centres, are located in areas under civic bodies such as corporations including the Greater Chennai Corporation and municipalities.
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Madurai, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, and Vellore were among the regions where the services could be availed, an official release here said.
Each UHWC was set up at a cost of Rs 25 lakh and in total, Rs 125 Crore is the cost of the initiative to set up the 500 new facilities.
A doctor, nurse, health inspector and a sanitary worker would be on duty in every UHWC, which would work between 8 AM to noon and from 4 PM to 8 PM to cater to about 25,000 people in a given area.
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