It has been decided to ‘green’ the 31 primary health centres in the district with the funds to be made available from the District Health Society, according to Collector J. Uma Maheswari.

Chairing the Executive Committee and Governing Body Meet of the society here on Tuesday, Dr. Uma Maheswari said that a mobile medical unit was functioning in each of the eight panchayat unions in the district.

Well-equipped

The units were equipped with a medical officer, a nurse, a health assistant and a driver.

The vehicle would visit a panchayat a day in each of the unions to attend to the patients in that village, besides providing them the required medicines.

Stating that there were 31 primary health centres in the district and efforts would be taken to provide a green cover in all of them with the funds to be made available through the society, Dr. Uma Maheswari.

Through funds made available from the society nurses quarters and post-natal medical room have been constructed at Kavalkaranpatti, Kallappalli and Kadavur centers at a cost of Rs. 10 lakh each, nurses quarters at Govindampalayam and Seplapatti at a cost of Rs. 6.60 lakh each, post-natal medical room and surgical room at Uppidamangalam and Inungur centres at a cost of Rs. 10 lakh each, post-natal medical rooms at Manmangalam and Sengal centers at a cost of Rs. 10 lakh each, the Collector said.

Joint Director (Health and Family Welfare) Akbar Ali, Deputy Director (Health) K. Sadasivam, Deputy Director Ashaq Hussain, representatives of voluntary organisations and others participated in the deliberations.