New: GCC reopens 40 polyclinics to offer Chennai specialized care!
Posted on: 17/Mar/2022 1:04:21 PM
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has relaunched the polyclinics across the Chennai Metro City so that the residents can get specialized treatment during evening hours.
Earlier, the civic body had closed the polyclinics due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Greater Chennai Corporation official shared that the polyclinics have been opened at 40 locations. These polyclinics will function as urban primary health centres. It may be noted that there were only 36 polyclinics earlier.
The GCC official further shared:
“Residents can get specialized treatment including general medicine, dental, orthopaedic, ENT and others free of cost. The polyclinics would function between 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm from Monday to Saturday.”
Medical care will be given at the polyclinics under dermatology, gynaecology, paediatrics, ophthalmology, physiotherapy and psychiatric.
Polyclinics are located at Thiruvotriyur UPHC (urban primary health centre), Pudupet UPCH, Adambakkam UPHC, Madippakkam UPHC, Saidapet UPHC, and Shenoy Nagar UPHC and others.
The GCC official added that the concept of polyclinic has been implemented as evening clinics as the doctors at the UPHCs would not work on evening hours, mostly. The official added further that most of the city residents visit clinics at evening hours.
However, visitors complain that the polyclinics are yet to be fully functional as specialists for some of the streams are unavailable to the civic body.
When inquiring about this, the official clarified that the process to recruit specialized doctors has commenced.
Meanwhile, the civic body has commenced a study to improve the quality of health care facilities run by the civic body and introduces new facilities.
A committee has been formed a few months ago and the committee would provide suggestions to improve the quality.
Another Greater Chennai Corporation Official shared:
“Tertiary hospitals like Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Stanley Hospital and others are crowded by out-patients. The health care facilities of the Corporation will be improved in a way to reduce the out-patient crowd in tertiary hospitals. Polyclinics will reduce the crowd.”
