The BBMP has invited applications for the remaining 63 posts at Namma Clinics around the city.
Story so far: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which completed the process of hiring 180 doctors for its Namma Clinics last month, on Sunday issued an application request for the 63 remaining doctors. According to officials, the clinics are slated to open on December 15. 243 of Karnataka’s 438 Namma Clinics in urban local bodies would be operating in Bengaluru.
- Each of these clinics will have one MBBS doctor, a nurse and a lab technician, and there will be one Namma Clinic in each ward.
- These clinics will operate as primary health centres (PHCs). They will offer services to people who live in poverty.
More details: Namma Clinics are being created in government facilities and on rented premises with an area of 1,000–1,200 square feet, according to K Sudhakar, Karnataka’s Minister of Health. The annual cost to the government to sustain the employees will be ₹138 crores.
- Namma Clinics will spread knowledge about healthy eating, pranayama, dhyana, and yoga practices. Additionally, it will educate the populace about government health programmes.