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Delhi elections: The healthcare outcome

Delhi elections: A landslide victory for Kejriwal. But what’s next for healthcare? The results of the Delhi elections suggest a landslide victory for the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government under Arvind Kejriwal, who seems poised to assume the office of the national capital’s Chief Minister for a third term.  “The Aam Aadmi Party repeated …

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Healthcare accessibility given thumbs up in Delhi as polls loom

Polls have handed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a vote of confidence on healthcare accessibility as Delhi prepares to go to the polls to elect the next Legislative Assembly. The majority of citizens in the national capital polled approved of the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) performance on the issue.  In a survey by the IANS-Neta App, …

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Recruitment drive for Mohalla clinics

The Delhi government is engaging in a recruitment drive to fill posts in its Mohalla Clinics, its primary health centres which aim to provide access to healthcare for denizens of the national capital.  The scheme recently saw an expansion with the inauguration of 100 new Clinics in the capital, taking the total number of such …

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OPDs in Delhi see increase in footfall

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced that footfall at the national capital’s hospitals has doubled in outpatient departments (OPDs).  Whilst acknowledged that the increased traffic at OPDs is a “big challenge”, the Chief Minister pledged that the state government would “scale up our facilities” to cope with the rise in demand. “We hope in …

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Mohalla clinics in honour of Gandhi

To commemorate the 150th birthday of Indian independence leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the Delhi government inaugurated ten new Mohalla clinics in the national capital.  Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia launched the new facilities which opened in the CR Park, Greater Kailash-I, Greater Kailash-II, Shahpur Jat, Khirki Flats, Savitri Nagar, Chirag Delhi and Sheikh Sarai areas. …

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Implement Ayushman Bharat in Delhi: BJP to AAP government

The implementation – or lack thereof – of the government’s flagship healthcare scheme in the national capital continues to be the centre of controversy.  BJP politicians have protested the continued refusal of the governing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to implement the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) – Ayushman Bharat – in Delhi by calling …

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The verdict on Mohalla Clinics

Political difficulties have stalled the rollout of the Delhi government’s Mohalla Clinics initiative to expand access to healthcare for the capital’s citizens, according to a new report.  The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power in the national capital in 2015 on the back of a manifesto which included a pledge to establish 900 primary …

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Centre again invites Delhi to join Ayushman Bharat

The Centre has once again exhorted the AAP government in Delhi to join its flagship healthcare scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) – better known as ‘Ayushman Bharat’.  The tussle between the two governments over their respective healthcare schemes – the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat and Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics – has often given the …

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Will the Delhi government and the Centre meet in the middle on health?

After a protracted battle of one-upmanship over competing health models, the Delhi government and the Centre could arrive at a middle ground. In an unprecedented gesture, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday for the first time since the general election to seek collaboration in Yamuna water conservation and state’s health …

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Mohalla Clinics vs. Ayushman Bharat: The war over health models

After a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has shifted its focus to Delhi, which goes to polls in a year. Riding on a saffron surge across the Hindi heartland, the BJP has decided to combat its biggest adversary in the state, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), with its development policies. Surprisingly, …

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