By Shalini Bhardwaj |
Updated: Jul 05, 2023 23:50 IST

New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Over 178 crore footfall was recorded at Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs), made operational underneath the federal government’s flagship Ayushman Bharat scheme, until June 30, the Union health ministry stated on Wednesday.
According to the ministry, as on June 30, 2023, greater than 178.87 crore footfall occurred at these AB-HWCs and greater than 122.02 crore cumulative screenings for non-communicable ailments performed which incorporates 41.81 Crore for Hypertension, 36.16 Crore for Diabetes, 24.75 Crore for Oral most cancers, 11.44 Crore for Breast Cancer and seven.83 Crore for Cervical Cancer.
The ministry added that in that point, greater than 2.16 crores wellness periods have been performed with the participation of 23.83 crores people.
Moreover, teleconsultation companies by way of e-Sanjeevani platform are being leveraged at AB-HWCs to offer specialist companies nearer to the group and allows the supply of uninterrupted companies to the beneficiaries even within the distant and peripheral areas.
As on June 30, 2023, greater than 12.21 crores of teleconsultations have been offered by way of the eSanjeevani portal, the ministry stated.
AB-HWCs is India’s dedication for reaching promotive, preventive, healing, palliative and rehabilitative features of Universal Health Coverage with a purpose to offer Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) together with each maternal and little one well being companies and non-communicable ailments in addition to free important medication and diagnostic companies by way of AB-HWCs nearer to the houses of individuals.
The basis of the imaginative and prescient was laid by operationalizing the primary AB-HWC on April 14, 2018, at Jangla village in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and greater than 1.54 lakhs AB-HWCs have been operationalized within the period of 5 years by remodeling current Sub-Health Centres (SHCs) and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in rural and concrete areas and 1,60,002 AB-HWCs have been operationalized until June 30. (ANI)