Mobile Medical Units are Proving Bliss for Rural Population

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Chandigarh 13^th October:- State Govt. doing keen efforts towards better health care facilities to the general public and is dedicatedly working for providing primary health care services to the public in state, on the other hand, Govt. is also efficiently working towards providing primary health care facilities at the door step of slum & rural population. Explaining this Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Kaur Sapra said that to fulfill the said objective of State Govt, Mobile Medical Units are being operated in the district wherein the medical staff deputed for the purpose provide health care facilities at the door step of rural & slum population.

Deputy Commissioner said that medical checkup of 8460 patient's stands conducted through Mobile Medical Unit and free medicines have also been provided to the patients after conducted ECG & Lab tests. She said that through Mobile Medical Unit ECG has been conducted for 124 patients, X-Rays have been done for 317 patients and 2492 lab tests were conducted. She said that Mobile Medical Unit reach to the distant located areas and provides basic health care facilities.  She said that this mobile unit is proving bliss for old age persons, and other poor & needy persons who are unable to reach hospitals for health care facilities as free checkups and medicines are being provided through these buses. Health department of Punjab provided better health care facilities to the rural and urban population, on the other hand the Mobile Medical Unit of Health Department serves the rural population regularly except o gazetted holidays and every Saturday, it provides health care facilities to the prisoners and persons.

Civil Surgeon Dr. Rita Bhardwaj said that the Doctors and Para Medical Staff of the Mobile Unit conduct free checkups in 2 different villages and slum areas on daily basis from 9. 00 am to 3.00 pm except on gazetted holidays. She said that the unit also provides free medicines to the patients and villagers are appealed by the unit to get maximum benefit from the services being provided through these Mobile Medical Units.