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Bihar: Extended OPD services launched at 2 Patna health centres

Patna, Nov 11 (UNI) Bihar Health Minister Nishant today inaugurated extended Outpatient Department (OPD) services at two Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHCs) in Patna, enabling patients to consult specialist doctors from 8 am to 8 pm.
The extended OPD services have been introduced at the Shastri Nagar and Dariyapur Bhatti health centres to facilitate access to medical care, particularly for working professionals and people who find it difficult to visit hospitals during regular working hours.
Speaking on the occasion, the Health Minister said the state government''s objective was to make quality healthcare more accessible to people and ensure that they did not have to visit large hospitals unnecessarily for treatment. He emphasised that healthcare services would be meaningful only when quality medical treatment, specialist consultations and essential diagnostic facilities were available close to people''s homes.
The two health centres will provide specialist services in General Medicine, Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, Dermatology and Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT). In addition, patients will have access to free pathological investigations, ECG, eye examinations, medicines and tele-consultation facilities.
Nishant said extending OPD hours from 8 am to 8 pm would particularly benefit salaried employees, working women, senior citizens and children by allowing them to seek medical attention at their convenience.
He said the NDA government''s priority was to strengthen Urban Primary Health Centres and equip them with improved medical facilities so that quality healthcare was not confined to major hospitals.
The initiative would also help ensure timely treatment at the primary healthcare level and reduce the burden of patients on larger hospitals, he added.
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