State of primary health care centres in Uttar Pradesh, India

State of primary health care centres in Uttar Pradesh, India Last Modified: 25-Nov-2019 6:42 PM
  • 3,621
    Number of primary health care centres (PHCs) in the state.
  • 213
    Number of PHCs without electricity.
  • 270
    PHCs without regular water supply.
  • 459
    PHCs without motorable roads.
  • 2,277
    Shortfall of doctors at the PHCs. The state requires 3,621 doctors for its PHCs, 1 for each PHC, but has been able to staff only 1,344.
Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Health
Tags Primary Health Care Uttar Pradesh India
Source The Hindu | Bindu Shajan Perappadan