Kozhikode: New primary health clinics to treat common diseases soon

KOZHIKODE: The National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) will start new primary health clinics in the city soon to solve the shortage of such clinics to treat common diseases. A preliminary meeting to work out the details will be held in Kozhikode on February 22 and Koyilandy on February 23 in which elected representatives from all the urban civic bodies will participate. The inputs will be presented during the state-level meeting and then will be sent to Delhi to prepare the detailed project.

The representatives from Kozhikode Corporation and Ramanattukara, Mukkam and Feroke municipalities will take part in the meeting here on February 22. The members from Koyilandy, Koduvally, Payyoli and Vadakara municipalities will attend the meeting at Koilandy. Kozhikode Municipal Corporation health officer Dr R.S . Gopakumar said that the new urban clinics were coming up with a funding proportion of 60 (central) :40 (state).

“Health department officials will collect the details regarding the health issues in the respective wards like concentration of mosquitoes, lack of drainage system, waste management issues, diseases in a particular area and the type of diseases,” he added. Similar meetings will be held in all districts across the state this month.