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- The Vellore district administration has sought National Health Mission approval to set up a full-fledged government health centre for tribal residents on the inaccessible Alleri hillock.
- Residents currently trek rocky forest terrain to reach the Government Taluk Hospital in Anaicut, about 20 km away, with the sick and expectant mothers often carried on two-wheelers.
- The planned centre, treated as a special case due to the terrain, is to have two duty doctors, staff nurses, treatment wards including for snake bites, a laboratory, a stocked pharmacy, and ambulance services to refer cases to hospitals in the plains.
- The hillock has around 300 families across three big tribal villages, and only two other tribal hamlets in the district currently have government health centres.
What to watch next
- Whether the National Health Mission grants approval for the proposed health centre.
- Whether work on the new health centre starts in the coming months, as the District Health Officer expects.
- Progress on the bitumen road and other basic facilities promised alongside the health centre.
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Named India · Alleri hillock · Government Taluk Hospital · Vellore · M. Vijay Chandran · National Health Mission · P.S. Leela Alex · R. Murugan · State Government
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