Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath adopts Gorakhpur, Varanasi and Ayodhya CHCs

VARANASI/LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath adopted four community health centres (CHCs) in the state on Tuesday.
On May 26, while reviewing the Covid-19 situation in the state, the CM called upon people’s representatives to adopt a health facility and ensure that it has all kinds of services. On Tuesday, the CM announced that he was adopting Jangal Kaudia and Chargavan CHCs in Gorakhpur, Hathi Bazaar CHC in Varanasi, and Masaudha CHC in Ayodhya.
Officials confirmed the same. “We have received the letter regarding adoption of Hathi Bazaar CHC by the CM. It’s in the Sevapuri model block,” Varanasi DM Kaushal Raj Sharma told TOI.
Yogi has directed local authorities to undertake a gap analysis of the centres and said that problems must be corrected at the earliest. In Varanasi for instance, the local administration has already launched the exercise to equip the centre with modern medical facilities and augmenting capacity of its indoor patient unit ward.
“Currently, the CHC has one 15-bed ward in its indoor patient department (IPD),” the DM said, adding, “After the adoption, the CHC will get two more wards of 15 beds each. It will not only become a 45-bed hospital, but a shed would also be constructed for attendants of patients admitted in the IPD,” Varanasi DM said. On Yogi’s appeal, several people’s representatives have already adopted health facilities. They include basic education minister Satish Dwivedi taking responsibility of the Itwa CHC and minority affairs minister Mohsin Raza taking charge of CHC in Safipur, Unnao.