Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal inaugurates 100 new mohalla clinics in city

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday inaugurated 100 newly-constructed mohalla clinics, a primary health service aimed at providing medical facilities to people in their neighbourhood. With this, Delhi now has 302 mohalla clinics. 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 kilometre in the city. READ | Kejriwal: Unable To Gauge Contribution Of Various Sources Of Pollution Arvind Kejriwal inaugurates 100 new mohalla clinics "Today, after the inauguration of 100 Mohalla clinics, more than 300 Mohalla clinics have opened in Delhi. Lakhs of people will now get health services in their locality, on such occasions it seems that the common man's coming into politics is proving worthwhile, this politics has changed people's lives," said Arvind Kejriwal on Twitter. READ | Arvind Kejriwal: 'Redesigning Roads Can Ease Traffic In Delhi' आज 100 मोहल्ला क्लीनिकों के उद्घाटन के बाद दिल्ली में अब 300 से ज़्यादा मोहल्ला क्लिनिक खुल चुके हैं। लाखों लोगों को अब स्वास्थ्य सेवाएं अपने मोहल्ले में ही मिलेंगी ऐसे मौकों पर लगता है आम आदमी का राजनीति में आना सार्थक साबित हो रहा है, इस राजनीति ने लोगों की जिंदगियां बदली है। pic.twitter.com/sxszZ1jrkd — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 19, 2019 The Chief Minister said that in the last five years, the AAP dispensation has executed several public-welfare works "which no government in the country has done till now". Kejriwal said that earlier, people would travel long distance to get medical treatment, but since the mohalla clinics have been set up, people have been getting health facility in their neighbourhood. READ | Delhi Odd-even Scheme: Disabled People Exempted, Confirms CM Kejriwal He said the Aam Aadmi Party government's mohalla clinics are being lauded across the world. Kejriwal also said that the government will soon set up mohalla clinics on rented accommodation. This is for the first time in the world that 100 primary health centres are being opened for public in one go, he claimed. According to Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, the newly-inaugurated 100 mohalla clinics will be treating more than 36 lakh patients every year, which will strengthen primary healthcare system. On his part, Jain said that in 70 years, only 260 dispensaries were opened in the city, but in last few years, over 302 mohalla clinics, which offer 212 types of tests free of cost, have been set up. The AAP government has set a target of 1,000 mohalla clinics across the city. READ: Arvind Kejriwal To Launch 'AK App' To Connect With Party Workers Arvind Kejriwal on installing CCTVs in Delhi "3 lakh CCTVs, 2 lakh streetlights, 22,000 classrooms, 1000 Mohalla clinics - AAP will be the first party in the history that has done all such things on such a large scale that it proudly says, "We have done the work then only vote for us." And the public automatically starts counting the list of our works." added Kejriwal 3 लाख CCTV, 2 लाख स्ट्रीटलाइट, 22,000 क्लासरूम, 1000 मोहल्ला क्लिनिक - इतने बड़े स्तर पर ये सारे काम पूरे विश्व में कभी नहीं हुए इतिहास में AAP पहली पार्टी होगी जो गर्व से कहती है, हमने काम किए हो तभी हमें वोट देना। और जनता अपने आप हमारे कामों की लिस्ट गिनाना शुरू कर देती है। pic.twitter.com/pQgxSp0xrz — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 19, 2019 READ | Will Meet Entire Expenditure On Valmiki Community Children: Kejriwal

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Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal inaugurates 100 new mohalla clinics in city

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated 100 newly-constructed mohalla clinics, a primary health service aimed at providing medical facilities to people.

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