Health Minister Veena George has said that 21 more family health centres will be set up in Kannur district in the third phase of the Aardram Mission.
Inaugurating a new family health centre through videoconferencing at Vallithodu in Payam grama panchayat on Wednesday, she said so far 35 primary health centres in the district had been upgraded to family health centres. While 11 centres were started in the first phase, 24 were opened in the second phase, she added.
With the addition of 21 centres in the third phase, the number of family health centres in the district will go up to 82.