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Delhi Launches Ayushman Arogya Mandir Drive: 168 Open, 187 More Due by December

The upgrade aligns local clinics with Indian Public Health Standards to standardize care.

Overview

  • Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced that the network is expanding citywide with a commitment to use government-owned buildings instead of rented premises.
  • The centres are being established under the Ayushman Bharat programme by upgrading sub-health centres, primary health centres and urban PHCs into comprehensive primary-care facilities.
  • Services include OPD consultations, diagnostic tests via external laboratories, free medicines, maternal and child care, family planning, screening and management of diseases, mental health support and emergency assistance.
  • The government says Indian Public Health Standards are implemented to ensure uniform infrastructure, staffing, medicines, diagnostics and governance across locations.
  • Officials said care continued in areas where Mohalla Clinics closed, with residents redirected to nearby Arogya Mandirs or other government facilities, and Gupta contrasted the new sites with the earlier clinics' limited scope.