The Hindu       New Delhi         12.09.2016  

SDMC gets city’s first upgraded ward clinic

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is all set to commission 40 clinics in its wards to provide treatment facilities for common diseases, preventive consultancy and common pathological tests.

New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi inaugurated the first such dispensary at Humayunpur village, which comes under the Safdarjung ward, on Sunday.

The dispensary was upgraded at a cost of Rs. 2 lakh.

SDMC Standing Committee chairman Shailender Singh Monti said the upgraded and renovated dispensary will provide health services to the residents of Humayunpur, Krishan Nagar, Arjun Nagar and Safdarjung Enclave.

Mr. Monti said the SDMC had identified around 70 underutilised premises that may also be transformed into such dispensaries.