Himachal government plans to set up 40 urban health and wellness centres

The urban health and wellness centres will transform healthcare accessibility, delivering quality essential services directly to the doorstep of the people

To provide state-of-the-art healthcare facilities to the people across the state, the government mulls establishing world-class infrastructure and plans to set up 40 urban health and wellness centres (u-HWCs).

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The centres will transform healthcare accessibility, delivering quality essential services directly to the doorstep of the people. The government will equip each u-HWC with a dedicated specialised team that will include a medical officer, pharmacist, auxiliary nurse midwife, and Class-IV staff members.

At present, there is one urban primary health centre for every 50,000 persons. The visionary plan aims to bring a drastic improvement to this ratio with a target for each u-HWC to cater to around 20,000 people.