Delhi to get portable mohalla clinics, built from shipping containers
With the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the city's mohalla clinics were directed to begin COVID-19 testing as part of the Delhi government's effort to scale up testing amid a rise in coronavirus infections. The clinics within the containers will be entirely air-conditioned.
FollowThe Delhi government plans to put a new spin on the AAP administration's hallmark initiative, mohalla clinics. Two mohalla clinics are being built within movable shipping containers near Shakurbasti. According to reports, there is a proposal in the works to duplicate similar mobile mohalla clinics in denser clusters. This idea may be a welcome answer to the space restrictions that have hampered the development of healthcare facilities in specialized buildings.
With the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the city's mohalla clinics were directed to begin COVID-19 testing as part of the Delhi government's effort to scale up testing amid a rise in coronavirus infections. The clinics within the containers will be entirely air-conditioned.
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While presenting a Rs 69,000-crore budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 in March this year, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who also holds the financial responsibility, stated Rs 9,934 crore, or roughly 14% of the overall budget, had been allotted to the healthcare sector. He also stated that in the coming fiscal year, dedicated women mohalla clinics will be established around the city to provide free gynaecological and other medical care services to them within walking distance of their homes.
Sisodia stated that the government had established Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics to provide people with treatment and medications for minor diseases that they would otherwise have to travel great distances or pay significant sums of money for at a private clinic.
The portable containers are easily constructed and may be stored in tiny areas. According to Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, the goal of these mohalla clinics is to reach places where healthcare infrastructure is unavailable.
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Jain tweeted on August 29 that he had visited the building site of the two new mohalla clinics. He said that the clinics are simple to set up and move in "cluster locations like Jhuggi-Bastis" and "small alleys with limited access to healthcare facilities."
