Rajasthan
Janta Clinic
- 04 Oct 2021
- 2 min read
Why in News
- On October 3, 2021, Minister of Medical and Health, Medical Education, Ayurveda Dr. Raghu Sharma launched Janata Clinic for Jalore through virtual medium.
Key Points
- So far 12 Janta Clinics have been opened in Jaipur and 4 in Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
- Dr. Sharma dedicated the Janta Clinic in the industrial area of Jalore from his official residence to the general public through an online medium.
- He informed that with the help of Granite Association, arrangements have been made for the public clinic, land, building, ambulance, necessary furniture and equipment.
- With the start of Janta Clinic, all types of medical facilities will be available for 20 to 25 thousand residents of the industrial area and surrounding areas.
- Around 325 types of medicines including first aid facilities and counseling, ANC services, vaccination services, family welfare services, NCD screening services, free tests (primary level), free medicine (primary level) etc. and 8 types of tests can be done free of cost through Janta Clinic.
- According to the budget announcement of the Chief Minister for the year 2019-20, Janta Clinic was to be operated in areas deprived of state health services in the urban slum areas, dense settlements of the state, but due to the epidemic like Covid, this work could not go ahead. He said that with the reduction of corona infection, now Janata clinics will be opened in the state in a phased manner.
