With an aim to improving the availability of affordable primary health-care facilities, the Thiruvananthapuram city Corporation has readied a ₹18.3-crore action plan to enhance the infrastructure across all urban health centres and appoint more doctors, nurses and pharmacists. Urban centres which are currently functioning on half-day shifts from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. will be made functional from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Community health centres and the taluk hospitals under the Corporation area are already functioning from 8 p.m. to 6 p.m. after the appointment of more doctors, nurses and pharmacists. The Corporation has under its control two taluk hospitals, 14 urban health centres, 10 primary health centres, two community health centres and a clinic.
In addition, there are 12 Ayurveda Hospitals, 14 Homeopathy hospitals and one Siddha hospital. Currently, on an average, 3,500 persons are being provided outpatient (OP) treatment services across the various health centres.
