New Delhi, Nov 20 (UNI) More than 50,000 (50,025) Ayushman Bharat - Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) are now operational across the country resulting in affordable primary healthcare services being accessible to more than 25 crore people.
With 50,025 AB-HWCs now operational across the country, it meets 1/3rd of the target set of 1.5 lakh AB-HWCs to be established by December 2022.
Together, the 50,025 operational AB-HWCs spread across 678 districts, have witnessed over 28.10 crore footfalls of which over 53 per cent were women who sought care at these centres. More than 6.43 crore people have been screened for hypertension, 5.23 crore for diabetes and 6.14 crore people for cancers. About 1.0 crore people are being provided free drugs for treatment of hypertension and about 60 lakhs for diabetes at these AB-HWCs centres which include 27,890 Sub Health Centres, 18,536 Primary Health Centres and 3,599 Urban Primary Health Centres.