Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, has issued directions to set up 1,000 mohalla clinics in the state. This was announced in the review meeting that was held in Central Secretariat yesterday.

During the meeting, it was stated that 265 schools in the state will soon have health clinics. According to the latest tweet by Manish Sisodia, the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, government schools will also be enjoying the facility of these clinics soon.

Health clinics in schools

According to the reports, earlier, the Education Department of Delhi (DoE) and Public Works Department (PWD) could not agree on the same level but now, this issue has been resolved.

Two to three schools will be taken together to form a health clinic in one school, the report suggested.

Health record to be maintained

According to the Deputy CM, the students and teachers of these schools will have the facility for their treatment, medicines, and tests. Each student will be tested and their health record will be maintained.

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607 sites get NOC for mohalla clinics

In the meeting, Kejriwal was told that 607 sites have been given 'No Objection Certificate' (NOC) out of which 333 sites have been given to PWD for their construction.

Currently, there are 187 mohalla clinics which are running in the state and according to the review meeting, the target for 1,000 clinics has been fixed which will be completed by March next year.

Who attended the meeting?

The meeting was attended by Manish Sisodia (Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi), and Satyendra Jain (Health Minister of Delhi). In the meeting, PWDs, Health Department and Education Department gave their presentations about the same.

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