Summary:
With the Corporation’s area enhanced to 100 wards, the urban PHCs would come up at Vandiyur, Chinthamani, Tirunagar, Viratipathu, Karisalkulam, Tiruppalai, Mastanpatti and Solai Alagupuram. Thus, the urban PHCs would come in handy as they would not only be on a par with any private hospital but also have trained nurses and specialist doctors. more-inThe Corporation of Madurai has proposed to build urban primary health centres (UPHCs) in eight locations and earmarked a sum of ?2 crore to carry out works in the first phase. With the city having expanded, the corporation’s move to have UPHCs in far away locations like Tirunagar and Mastanpatti would be a boon to residents. The health officials also said that in a city not everyone could afford to go to private clinics or hospitals..