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6. List some public health centers or hospitals near your place. Find out the facilities provided and people who run the centre.​

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Primary Health Centre (PHCs), sometimes referred to as public health centres, [1][2] are state-owned rural health care facilities in India.[3][4] They are essentially single-physician clinics usually with facilities for minor surgeries, too. They are part of the government-funded public health system in India and are the most basic units of this system. Presently there are 23673 PHCs in India.[3]

PHCs generally consist of one or more doctors to lead the centre and a pharmacist, staff nurse, and other paramedical support staff. GOBI-FFF is a model of a PHC. Develop and implement national standards for examination by which doctors, nurses and pharmacists are able to practice and get employment. Rapidly develop and implement national accreditation of hospitals; those that do not comply would not get paid by insurance companies.

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Primary Health Centre (India)

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Primary Health Centre (PHCs), sometimes referred to as public health centres, [1][2] are state-owned rural health care facilities in India.[3][4] They are essentially single-physician clinics usually with facilities for minor surgeries, too. They are part of the government-funded public health system in India and are the most basic units of this system. Presently there are 23673 PHCs in India.[3]

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Apart from the regular medical treatments, PHCs in India have some special focuses.

Infant immunization programs: Immunization for newborns under the national immunization program is dispensed through the PHCs. This program is fully subsidised

Anti-epidemic programs: The PHCs act as the primary epidemic diagnostic and control centres for the rural India. Whenever a local epidemic breaks out, the system's doctors are trained for diagnosis. They identify suspected cases and refer for further treatment.

Birth control programs: Services under the national birth control programs are dispensed through the PHCs. Sterilization surgeries such as vasectomy and tubectomy are done here. These services, too, are fully subsidised.

Pregnancy and related care: A major focus of the PHC system is medical care for pregnancy and child birth in rural India. This is because people from rural India resist approaching doctors for pregnancy care which increases neonatal death. Hence, pregnancy care is a major focus area for the PHCs.

Emergencies: All the PHCs store drugs for medical emergencies which could be expected in rural areas. For example antivenoms for snake bites, rabies vaccinations, etc.

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The Indian government initiative to create and expand the presences of Primary Health Centres throughout the country is consistent with the eight elements of primary health care outlined in the Alma-Ata declaration.[5] These are listed below:

Provision of medical care

Maternal-child health including family planning

Safe water supply and basic sanitation

Prevention and control of locally endemic diseases

Collection and reporting of vital statistics

Education about health

National health programmes, as relevant

Referral services

Training of health guides, health workers, local dais and health assistants

Basic laboratory workers

See also Edit

Primary Health Care

Mohalla Clinics

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Alma-Ata declaration

Health care in India

References Edit

^ The Hindu. 'Residents appeal for public health centre'.

^ The Hindu. '60 labourers injured in bridge collapse'.

^ a b Guidelines for Primary Health Centres Revised (2012) issued under Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. (PDF)

^ 'Tirupur gets new Primary Health Centre'. The Hindu.

^ Park, K. (2009), Park's Textbook of Preventive & Social Medicine, Jabalpur: M/s Banarsidas Bhanot, p. 805,