In order to provide better healthcare services in rural areas in the seven districts of Kalyana Karnataka region, the Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board will spend ₹250 crore under the Arogya Avishkara programme, KKRDB Chairman Ajay Singh has said.
Addressing presspersons at the KKRDB office here on Saturday, Dr. Singh said that healthcare services have been severely crippled in the rural areas owing to the shortage of Primary Health Centres (PHCs). Providing the data, he said that Kalaburagi division has the least number of PHCs compared to other divisions in the state.
As per the data, Kalaburagi division has 333 PHCs (one PHC for 30,274 persons); Belagavi division has got 455 PHCs (one PHC for 26,021 persons); Mysuru division has 659 PHCs (one PHC for 14,409 persons) and Bengaluru division has 646 PHCs (one PHC for 17,512 persons).
