Seven things to know about Delhi’s mohalla clinics praised by world leaders
8 years, 1 month ago

Seven things to know about Delhi’s mohalla clinics praised by world leaders

Hindustan Times  

After former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, the AAP government’s mohalla clinics have got praise from former director general of World Health Organisation Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland. In Delhi, 110 clinics have treated 1.5 million people between April and December, shows latest available data. The mohalla clinics were started by the AAP government in their first year in office to take diagnostics and treatment of simple ailments to people’s doorstep and reduce the footfall in tertiary care hospitals. By treating minor ailments outside hospitals, mohalla clinics are expected to free up doctors at tertiary care hospitals to focus on complicated diseases and surgeries.

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PM-JAY to be implemented in Delhi on April 10: Health Minister
2 days, 15 hours ago

PM-JAY to be implemented in Delhi on April 10: Health Minister

The Hindu  

Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh on Tuesday said a Memorandum of Understanding with the Centre will be signed to implement heath insurance scheme – Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana – in Delhi on April 10, with the aim of enrolling one lakh people in the first month. The scheme provides eligible families with health cover of ₹5 …

Delhi government to ink MoU with Centre on April 10 to implement Ayushman Bharat in capital
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3 days ago

Delhi government to ink MoU with Centre on April 10 to implement Ayushman Bharat in capital

The Hindu  

Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Singh on Tuesday said the government will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Centre on April 10 to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in the national capital with an aim to enrol one lakh people for the health cover scheme within a month. Addressing a press conference, Mr. Singh also announced …

Former Health Minister Satyendar Jain opposes mohalla clinics’ closure, calls it a ‘blow to capital’s healthcare’
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1 week, 6 days ago

Former Health Minister Satyendar Jain opposes mohalla clinics’ closure, calls it a ‘blow to capital’s healthcare’

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Former Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday strongly criticised the reported plan of the BJP government in Delhi to shut down 250 mohalla clinics, calling it a move that would paralyse the city’s healthcare infrastructure. Addressing a press conference, Jain urged the government to increase rather than reduce the number of neighbourhood clinics, which were introduced by the …

Mohalla Clinics Row Intensifies In Delhi As BJP, AAP Clash Over CAG Report, Govt Plans To Close 250 Clinics
1 week, 6 days ago

Mohalla Clinics Row Intensifies In Delhi As BJP, AAP Clash Over CAG Report, Govt Plans To Close 250 Clinics

ABP News  

The controversy over Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics has escalated, with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party trading sharp barbs. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva attacked former health minister Satyendar Jain over alleged irregularities highlighted in the Comptroller and Auditor General report, while AAP leaders slammed the BJP government’s pan to shut down 250 Mohalla Clinics. AAP leaders cited …

Delhi government to shut 250 mohalla clinics, AAP calls move a setback to healthcare
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2 weeks ago

Delhi government to shut 250 mohalla clinics, AAP calls move a setback to healthcare

India TV News  

Delhi government to shut 250 mohalla clinics, AAP calls move a setback to healthcare The Delhi government has announced the immediate closure of 250 mohalla clinics, citing financial irregularities as part of its 100-day healthcare revamp plan. The Delhi government has announced the immediate closure of 250 mohalla clinics, calling them a hub of financial irregularities. According to AAP, over …

Mohalla clinics without toilets, hospitals without ICUs: Key highlights of CAG report on Delhi healthcare
3 weeks ago

Mohalla clinics without toilets, hospitals without ICUs: Key highlights of CAG report on Delhi healthcare

Live Mint  

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday tabled the Comptroller and Auditor General report on ‘Public Health Infrastructure and Management of Health Services’ in the Delhi Assembly. According to the 208-page CAG report, the AAP-led government in Delhi ‘grossly’ mismanaged the COVID pandemic in the national capital using only ₹582.84 crore of the total ₹787.91 crore released by the central …

No ICU in 14 Delhi hospitals, mohalla clinics without toilets: CAG report
3 weeks ago

No ICU in 14 Delhi hospitals, mohalla clinics without toilets: CAG report

India Today  

The Comptroller and Auditor General report on Delhi's healthcare infrastructure has uncovered significant financial mismanagement, negligence, and a lack of accountability in the administration of the previous Aam Aadmi Party government over the past six years. Acute shortage of healthcare workers: Delhi hospitals face an alarming staff shortage, with a 21 per cent shortage of nurses, 38 per cent shortage …

Patients receive consultation for less than a minute at Mohalla Clinics, reveals CAG report
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Patients receive consultation for less than a minute at Mohalla Clinics, reveals CAG report

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The CAG audit has revealed alarming deficiencies in Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics. The audit also found that many of the clinics were lacking essential medical equipment, including pulse oximeters, glucometers, X-ray viewers, thermometers, and blood pressure apparatus. The audit also noted that inspections of the clinics were grossly insufficient, with only 2% of the clinics in the selected districts …

Delhi’s rented Mohalla Clinics to be shut down
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Delhi’s rented Mohalla Clinics to be shut down

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Delhi government is moving to close down Mohalla Clinics currently operating from rented premises amid allegations that many of these properties are linked to individuals associated with the Aam Aadmi Party. According to sources, 177 of the city’s 523 Mohalla Clinics — nearly 34 per cent — are functioning in rented spaces, with suspicions that the rent …

AAP govt left 86 per cent of Mohalla Clinic funds unspent; audit reveals alarming deficiencies
3 weeks, 2 days ago

AAP govt left 86 per cent of Mohalla Clinic funds unspent; audit reveals alarming deficiencies

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The previous AAP government fell significantly short of its target for Mohalla Clinics, despite having allocated funds. One of the most touted flagship schemes, only 53 per cent of the targeted Mohalla Clinics were established in a decade of AAP rule with the second term seeing only 38 of these flagship primary healthcare centres. Despite allocating a budget …

CAG report on liquor policy in Delhi Assembly. What are the other reports?
3 weeks, 3 days ago

CAG report on liquor policy in Delhi Assembly. What are the other reports?

India Today  

The Delhi Assembly witnessed acrimonious scenes as the ruling BJP, led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, tabled the CAG's audit report on the AAP government's liquor policy, which led to the arrests of several of its top leaders. RENOVATION OF DELHI CHIEF MINISTER'S RESIDENCE One of the CAG reports, accessed by India Today TV, will focus on the irregularities in …

BJP-led Delhi govt directs action plan on water, air quality; seeks report on mohalla clinics
3 weeks, 6 days ago

BJP-led Delhi govt directs action plan on water, air quality; seeks report on mohalla clinics

The Hindu  

A day after its formation, the BJP-led Delhi government headed by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta directed a summer action plan for water supply and air quality, and sought a report on mohalla clinics. Free bus service for women will continue Delhi's Health and Transport Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh assured that the free bus service for women will continue under the …

AAP's flagship Mohalla clinics all set for facelift under BJP’s regime
1 month, 1 week ago

AAP's flagship Mohalla clinics all set for facelift under BJP’s regime

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The AAP government’s flagship scheme, mohalla clinics, is poised for structural and operational reforms under the newly elected BJP administration, officials said. According to officials, several key administrative appointments, including those in the National Capital Civil Services Authority, have been pending due to the absence of meetings for a prolonged period. With the BJP now in power at …

Reality of AAP's Mohalla Clinics: What Patients Across 7 Locations Have to Say
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Reality of AAP's Mohalla Clinics: What Patients Across 7 Locations Have to Say

The Quint  

Kripa Shankar, a 50 year-old salesman at bookstore, located at a distance of a km from the clinic, said he often visits the GK-1 clinic due to the proximity of the clinic to his workplace. If a medicine is not available an alternative is given.” Shankar, who is a resident of Shahdara also stated that the Shahdara Mohalla Clinic functions …

Can CM Atishi solve crisis in health, education departments in Delhi?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Can CM Atishi solve crisis in health, education departments in Delhi?

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The elevation of Atishi as Chief Minister has stirred some excitement among healthcare professionals. But for frontline workers, it is “business as usual.” “During Kejriwal’s tenure, there was minimal improvement in specialised medical care, despite Delhi being a hub for patients nationwide. The government frequently touts a world-class health model, but true excellence requires consistency across all levels …

From ED custody, Delhi CM directs there should be no shortage of free medicines at Mohalla Clinics
11 months, 3 weeks ago

From ED custody, Delhi CM directs there should be no shortage of free medicines at Mohalla Clinics

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi, Mar 26 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has issued directions from ED custody to address shortage of medicines and diagnostic tests at mohalla clinics and hospitals in the national capital, Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Tuesday. He said Kejriwal believes that even though he has been arrested, people of Delhi should not face any problem in getting …

CBI to probe AAP’s flagship healthcare project ’Mohalla Clinics’
1 year, 2 months ago

CBI to probe AAP’s flagship healthcare project ’Mohalla Clinics’

Live Mint  

Crises loom over the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election. On Thursday, Delhi's Lt Governor V K Saxena, who is also a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recommended a CBI probe into alleged fake lab tests and 'ghost patients' at mohalla clinics in the national capital. According to statement form LG's office, "grave" fraudulent …

Delhi LG asks CBI to investigate mohalla clinics' "fake tests scam"
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi LG asks CBI to investigate mohalla clinics' "fake tests scam"

Op India  

Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has requested that the Central Bureau of Investigation inquire into free laboratory examinations performed at Aam Aadmi Party government-run mohalla clinics. Thousands of “ghost patients who probably did not even exist” were reportedly recommended free laboratory tests as part of a random impact analysis that was carried out at seven mohalla clinics. An official …

Errant staff at Mohalla clinics taken off duty
1 year, 6 months ago

Errant staff at Mohalla clinics taken off duty

Hindustan Times  

Delhi health minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Wednesday said 26 staff, including seven doctors, deployed at seven mohalla clinics have been taken off duty after they were found manipulating the attendance system at the clinics. Following public complaints that doctors and staff arrive late, we conducted an investigation into their attendance at seven mohalla clinics, during which the manipulation came to …

Delhi CM opens 5 new Mohalla Clinics; says won’t let anyone stop the work of the people
1 year, 6 months ago

Delhi CM opens 5 new Mohalla Clinics; says won’t let anyone stop the work of the people

The Hindu  

In a veiled attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said he would not let anyone stop the work of the people of Delhi, as he inaugurated five new Mohalla Clinics in the city. But I assure every Delhiite that I will not let any work stop.” Announcing the opening of five new Mohalla Clinics, …

Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao lauds Mohalla Clinic, later calls it ‘overhyped’
1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao lauds Mohalla Clinic, later calls it ‘overhyped’

The Hindu  

Hours after visiting a Mohalla Clinic and praising the Delhi government’s primary healthcare model on Friday, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao changed his stance and called the facilities “overhyped”. In response, the Aam Aadmi Party said its Karnataka team visited a Namma Clinic run by the Congress government in Mr. Rao’s Assembly constituency and found that it “lacks good …

AAP hits out as K’taka minister first praises mohalla clinics, later calls them ‘overhyped’
1 year, 7 months ago

AAP hits out as K’taka minister first praises mohalla clinics, later calls them ‘overhyped’

Hindustan Times  

Hours after praising the Aam Aadmi Party government’s mohalla clinic, Karnataka health minister and Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao made a very sudden volte-face and called the initiative “overhyped”, saying he was left “disappointed” after visiting one such clinic in the Capital. Delhi health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj and Karnataka health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao at a Mohalla Clinic, in New …

Delhi mohalla clinic ‘overhyped’: Karnataka health minister ‘disappointed’ after visit
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi mohalla clinic ‘overhyped’: Karnataka health minister ‘disappointed’ after visit

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday called the flagship Mohalla clinics in Delhi ‘not a game-changer’ after he visited the Aam Aadmi Party government-run primary health centres in the national capital. “It is not like the way it is made out to be.” Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj and Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao at a Mohalla …

Delhi budget 2023: National Capital to have nine new hospitals, four to get operational this year
1 year, 11 months ago

Delhi budget 2023: National Capital to have nine new hospitals, four to get operational this year

Hindustan Times  

Delhi government has allocated ₹9,742 crore to the health sector for the financial year 2023-24, a marginal decline from last year, announced Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday. Tabling the budget, Gahlot informed that the number of free diagnostic tests in Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics will increase from 256 to 450 this year. Delhi has 515 Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics, …

Punjab: CM Mann, AAP chief Kejriwal dedicate 400 new mohalla clinics to people
2 years, 1 month ago

Punjab: CM Mann, AAP chief Kejriwal dedicate 400 new mohalla clinics to people

Live Mint  

Bhagwant Mann, the chief minister of Punjab, along with Aam Aadmi Party chief Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, dedicated 400 new "Aam Aadmi" clinics to the state's residents on Friday. SSpeaking at the event, AAP leader Kejriwal expressed his happiness at the announcement that Punjab's AAP administration opened 500 mohalla clinics in just 10 months. Mohalla Clinics Mohalla Clinics, which were …

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to inaugurate 500 Mohalla Clinics in Amritsar today
2 years, 1 month ago

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to inaugurate 500 Mohalla Clinics in Amritsar today

Live Mint  

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will be inaugurating 500 'Aam Aadmi Clinics' across Amritsar today. The AAP party has claimed that more than 10 lakh people have received free treatment in these 100 Aam Aadmi Clinics so far. On free health clinics, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said, “It is a matter of great pride that the health revolution …

Kejriwal's promise fulfilled: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on launch of 400 new Mohalla clinics
2 years, 1 month ago

Kejriwal's promise fulfilled: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on launch of 400 new Mohalla clinics

India Today  

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab contemporary Bhagwant Mann on Friday inaugurated 400 more 'Aam Aadmi' clinics in Punjab, deeming the launch as the fulfilment of another 'Kejriwal ki guarantee'. Ahead of the launch of the mohalla clinics in Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the AAP's objectives in the border state were …

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announces 100 special mohalla clinics for women
2 years, 4 months ago

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announces 100 special mohalla clinics for women

Hindustan Times  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced that 100 special mohalla clinics for women will be opened in the national capital and said these will be run by an all women staff. Inaugurating four 'mahila special mohalla clinics', he said children below 12 years and women will get free of cost treatment at these facilities. "Four mahila mohalla clinics, …

Delhi to now have 'special mohalla clinics' for women
2 years, 4 months ago

Delhi to now have 'special mohalla clinics' for women

India TV News  

Highlights Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal aid that his govt is starting 'special mohalla clinics' for women Gynecological services, tests & medicines to be available free of cost for women in special clinics Mohalla clinics system is one of the flagship initiatives of the Arvind Kejriwal government Delhi mohalla clinics: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday aid his government is …

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announces 100 special 'mohalla clinics' for women and children
2 years, 4 months ago

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announces 100 special 'mohalla clinics' for women and children

India TV News  

Highlights Delhi CM Kejriwal also inaugurated four "mahila special mohalla clinics" in the national capital Children below 12 years and women will be given free treatment at these facilities Kejriwal claims the 'mahila mohalla clinic' model is the first of its kind innovation in India Delhi mohalla clinics: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Wednesday, announced the opening of 100 …

Bhagwant Mann visits Delhi's Mohalla Clinics, schools, announces to replicate 'Delhi Model' in Punjab
2 years, 10 months ago

Bhagwant Mann visits Delhi's Mohalla Clinics, schools, announces to replicate 'Delhi Model' in Punjab

India Today  

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday visited Mohalla Clinics in Delhi on his two-day visit to learn about the functioning of the healthcare facilities as well as the education model of the schools in the national capital. Mann visited the Mohalla Clinic in Greater Kailash, Chirag Enclave accompanied by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi Health minister, Satyendra Jain, …

Delhi to Get Portable Mohalla Clinics Inside Shipping Containers For Dense Clusters
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi to Get Portable Mohalla Clinics Inside Shipping Containers For Dense Clusters

News 18  

The Delhi government is set to bring a new twist on the concept of mohalla clinics, a flagship programme of the AAP administration. Now, two mohalla clinics are being developed inside portable shipping containers, near the Shakurbasti area. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that the purpose of these mohalla clinics is to reach those spaces where healthcare infrastructure is …

Portable mohalla clinics envisioned for JJ colonies, dense areas in Delhi
3 years, 6 months ago

Portable mohalla clinics envisioned for JJ colonies, dense areas in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government is constructing two mohalla clinics inside portable shipping containers in the city's Shakurbasti area, which the authorities plan to replicate in dense cluster colonies where creating health infrastructure in a dedicated building is a challenge owing to space constraints. Mohalla clinics is one of the flagship initiatives of the Arvind Kejriwal government to boost the primary healthcare …

Plea To Ensure Operation Of All Non-Functional Hospitals & Mohalla Clinics in Delhi: Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Delhi Govt.
3 years, 9 months ago

Plea To Ensure Operation Of All Non-Functional Hospitals & Mohalla Clinics in Delhi: Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Delhi Govt.

Live Law  

Hearing a plea filed seeking a direction to the Delhi Government to take necessary steps to ensure operation of all non-functional hospitals and Mohalla Clinics in the NCT of Delhi, the Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Delhi High Court.Issuing the notice to the Delhi Government, the Bench of Justice Rekha Palli posted the matter for further hearing …

Delhi Assembly election 2020: AAP's Mohalla Clinics made primary healthcare free, but with just 158 locations covered govt way behind target
5 years, 1 month ago

Delhi Assembly election 2020: AAP's Mohalla Clinics made primary healthcare free, but with just 158 locations covered govt way behind target

Firstpost  

Having garnered international appreciation from the likes of former UN Secretary Generals Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon for its accessibility and effectiveness, compared to healthcare in general in India which is ranked at a lowly 145 on the global healthcare access and quality index, the incumbent AAP government of Delhi is inevitably using his government’s healthcare initiatives as one of …

How AAP govt lied to a Washington Post columnist to get a positive news report in the US publication
5 years, 1 month ago

How AAP govt lied to a Washington Post columnist to get a positive news report in the US publication

Op India  

In 2016, columnist Vivek Wadhwa wrote an article in Washington Post wrote titled “What New Delhi’s free clinics can teach America about fixing its broken health care system” where he heaped praises on AAP’s Mohalla clinic. The article quoted Delhi’s health minister Satyendar Jain claiming that he came up with the idea of a ‘mohalla clinic’ as he “believed that …

Delhi gets 100 new mohalla clinics
5 years, 5 months ago

Delhi gets 100 new mohalla clinics

India TV News  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday inaugurated 100 newly-constructed mohalla clinics, a primary health service aimed at providing medical facility to people in their neighbourhood. Speaking at an event in Wazirabad here, the chief minister said that next month, 100 more mohalla clinics will come up and the AAP government plans to set up such health facility on every …

Mohalla clinics served 16.24 million people in four years: Delhi health minister
5 years, 6 months ago

Mohalla clinics served 16.24 million people in four years: Delhi health minister

Hindustan Times  

For 15-year-old Sia Saini, the mohalla clinic in her neighbourhood is proving to be of great help. The mohalla clinics have provided outpatient department services to more than 16.24 million people in four years since the launch of the first clinic in July 2015, Delhi’s health minister Satyendar Jain said on Friday. Aimed at providing primary healthcare to Delhi residents, …

Delhi govt added only 394 new beds in hospitals between 2015-2018
5 years, 6 months ago

Delhi govt added only 394 new beds in hospitals between 2015-2018

Op India  

Despite harping about Delhi government’s initiatives in public healthcare sector, the reality seems far from what is advertised. Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party government in national capital informed the state assembly on Monday that only 394 new beds are added in government hospitals between 2014-2015 and 2017-2018. Jain said that there were 10,959 beds in Delhi’s government hospitals in …

What's ailing mohalla clinics?
5 years, 8 months ago

What's ailing mohalla clinics?

India Today  

The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government in Delhi had promised free doctor consultation, free diagnosis, free medicine and free health checkups for the underprivileged or middle class while launching mohalla clinics across the national capital. The party, has, in fact, claimed that the amount of work which it has done in the health care sector, including the mohalla clinics, is sufficient …

AAP terms Ayushman Bharat scheme a 'jumla', asks why DDA has not allotted land for mohalla clinics
5 years, 9 months ago

AAP terms Ayushman Bharat scheme a 'jumla', asks why DDA has not allotted land for mohalla clinics

Firstpost  

The AAP’s reaction came after Harsh Vardhan Saturday rebutted Arvind Kejriwal’s claim that the AAP government’s health scheme is ’ten times bigger and comprehensive’ than the Ayushman Bharat programme New Delhi: The AAP on Sunday termed the BJP-led Centre’s flagship Ayushman Bharat health insurance programme a ‘jumla’ and alleged that the scheme is being imposed on the people of Delhi. …

In four years, AAP opened 189 Mohalla Clinics against 1,000 target
6 years, 2 months ago

In four years, AAP opened 189 Mohalla Clinics against 1,000 target

The Quint  

By Nivedita Singh New Delhi, Jan 15 The Aam Aadmi Party, which took power in Delhi four years ago with a promise to build 1,000 Mohalla Clinics in the national capital, has managed to provide only 189 of the widely-praised clinics, blaming the central government for the slow pace of execution. "Mohalla Clinics have been conceptualised as a mechanism to …

Ban Ki-moon, Gro Harlem Brundtland praise Delhi's Mohalla Clinics project on city visit with Arvind Kejriwal
6 years, 6 months ago

Ban Ki-moon, Gro Harlem Brundtland praise Delhi's Mohalla Clinics project on city visit with Arvind Kejriwal

Firstpost  

Ban Ki-moon and Gro Harlem Brundtland appreciated the Aam Aadmi Party’s Mohalla Clinic project and said such projects should be replicated across the country. New Delhi: The Mohalla Clinic project of the Aam Aadmi Party government drew huge praise Friday from former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland after they visited a health …

Delhi govt's Mohalla Clinics hit another roadblock; parents write to L-G against using schools, parks
7 years, 5 months ago

Delhi govt's Mohalla Clinics hit another roadblock; parents write to L-G against using schools, parks

Firstpost  

The All India Parents Association has submitted a letter to the Lieutenant Governor urging him to restrain the proposed Mohalla Clinics in schools and parks The Mohalla Clinic project in Delhi faces another hurdle with parents objecting to the Delhi government’s decision to set them up in government schools and parks. Only a fortnight ago, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government …

Delhi budget imposes no new taxes, focuses on education and healthcare
8 years ago

Delhi budget imposes no new taxes, focuses on education and healthcare

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government on Wednesday consolidated its pro-poor policies with a major thrust on revamping school education and healthcare, proposing to spend one-fourth of the capital’s Rs 48,000-crore budget on the social sector over the next financial year. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and finance minister Manish Sisodia before presenting the Delhi budget 2017-18 in New Delhi on Wednesday. The …

Absent doctors? No medicines? Now volunteers will monitor AAP’s mohalla clinics in Delhi
8 years ago

Absent doctors? No medicines? Now volunteers will monitor AAP’s mohalla clinics in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The AAP government will recruit volunteers from the community to monitor the workings of the mohalla clinics in their neighbourhood. The requirement for applying to be a volunteer is “passion for serving the society without remuneration,” the government pamphlet says. “The volunteers will be a part of the management committee of the mohalla clinic in the neighbourhood and will be …

AAP’s Mohalla Clinic another scam in the making?
8 years ago

AAP’s Mohalla Clinic another scam in the making?

Op India  

AAP had started Mohalla Clinics in order to provide Delhi citizens with a near the home cure for simple aliments. Now these clinics have come under the Vigilance Department’s scanner after they received complaints that the Mohalla Clinics’ doctors were seeing a very high number of patients during their stipulated clinic hours, which was practically not possible. It is reported …

Two years of AAP govt: Are mohalla clinics a game changer in Delhi?
8 years, 1 month ago

Two years of AAP govt: Are mohalla clinics a game changer in Delhi?

Hindustan Times  

Over five months, 110 mohalla clinics have treated 8 lakh patients, as per the government data. With, only around 110 mohalla clinics functional, the AAP government has sought to take refuge in its infamous tussle with the lieutenant governor and Centre. Apart from routine out-patient clinic, we provide immunisation to children, DOTS centre for TB treatment and counselling for male …

Delhi L-G clears 300 mohalla clinics on govt school premises
8 years, 1 month ago

Delhi L-G clears 300 mohalla clinics on govt school premises

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s lieutenant governor Anil Baijal has cleared the AAP government’s project to set up 300 mohalla clinics on the premises of Delhi government schools. “These mohalla clinics will be open to general public only after the school hours and the entrance for them will also be separate,” said a Delhi government official. The 300 clinics are a part of the …

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