Under the 'Mukhyamantri Shehri Slum Swasthya Yojana' launched in 2019, the health department of Chhattisgarh on Monday sent a mobile medical unit to the government girls' high school for the hearing-impaired near the district court.

29 hearing and speech-impaired students received medical treatment and free medicines as per their requirements.

During the treatment, students including Nandini Sahu of class 8, Prachi Maurya, Urvashi, and Sanjana Mehr of class 6 pointed out through sign language that they received treatment for headache, body pain, cold, cough, body pain, and common flu. Similarly, Kajal Som and Bhoomika Sahu of class 10th also expressed their satisfaction after receiving treatment from the doctor.

Girl students getting medical checkups. The Telegraph

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, implemented this scheme for the public in order to make health facilities even more convenient and accessible in urban areas.

Now, the people residing in urban slums no longer have to visit hospitals for the treatment of minor ailments. Previously, sick individuals had to go to a hospital for treatment and wait in long lines for their turn.

The health department's mobile medical unit (MMU) carries out 40 types of tests, including blood and other samples.

The teacher at the government school said that the dedicated MMU comes here regularly every 15 days and the medical staff conducts health checkups and collects samples for necessary tests such as blood, mucus, urine, etc. and distributes free medicines on the spot after registering the students.

Institution director, Smt. Uma Devangan, said that there are 80 students enrolled in their residential school, and 29 students received treatment for common ailments on Monday.

She added that this scheme has proved to be a boon for the girls. Earlier, these students had to be taken to the district hospital four kilometers away for treatment, which took the whole day for them to commute and receive treatment, but now, with the commencement of MMU services, the children are receiving services at the campus only.