Bengaluru: The State Government simultaneously inaugurated 114 Namma Clinics on Wednesday December 14. These clinics would offer primary healthcare services to vulnerable sections, particularly the urban poor and daily wage workers, throughout the State.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai inaugurated the Namma Clinic at Bhairidevarakoppa in Hubballi of the Dharawad District in presence of Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar, among others.
These centres will provide twelve different types of health services free of cost and each clinic will have a doctor, a nurse, a lab technician, and a Group D employee.
The government is trying to operationalise all 438 Namma Clinics across the State, as announced earlier, and all the remaining ones would be functional by the end of January, informed Sudhakar.
According to a statement, work is underway to get all 243 Namma Clinics operational for public service by the second week of January under the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) area.
Each Namma Clinic will serve a population of 10,000 to 20,000.
