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Chc is called community health center. Which is called community health center in Gujarati. As per the information of 15/08/18 there are total 363 chc centers in Gujarat.
Generally chc has one superintendent and 3 MBBS posts. Also there are 7 posts of staff nurses. Also visiting doctors in (selected) chcs are gynaecs and paediatrics in urban chcs. Also 1 dentist 1 physiotherapist. 1. Ophthalmologist 1 X-ray Technician. 1 Lab Technician and Assistant. 1. Pharma Syst. Clerk. Accountant. Ward boy. Dresser is a peon. All these staff are monitored by the Superintendent of CHC.
CHCs are being established and maintained by the State Government under the MNP/BMS programme.
According to the minimum norms, the CHC must be headed by four medical specialists, namely a surgeon, a physician, a gynecologist and a paediatrician, supported by 21 paramedics and other staff members. It has 30 beds in OT, X-ray, delivery room and laboratory facilities chc.
It serves as a referral center for 4 PHCs and also provides facilities for maternity care and specialized counselling .
On what population is CHC developed?
A community health center is decided according to the population of the area to be developed. Where the flat area has a population of 120000 and the hilly . A CHC provides health services to a population of 80000 in a hill tribal area in a desert region.
How many CHCs are there in India?
According to a report released on March 31 in the year 2019, a total of 5335 community health centers are functioning in rural areas across the country, which may increase to around 6000 by the year 2024.
A complete form of CHC is Community Health Centres. CHCs are private, non-profit organizations that provide medical services based on client involvement and impact. CHCs generally offer primary and preventive care to the medically uninsured, underinsured and low-income groups. Community health centers also provide basic health facilities to people in regions where primary health care is less available. Commonly referred to as primary healthcare centers.
CHCs, often referred to as health centers or community health centers, are private, non-profit organizations that provide medical services in exchange for consumer participation and influence. A community health center (CHC) is one of a network of clinics run by a group of general practitioners and nurses that provide healthcare to residents of a particular area.
A community health center typically provides primary and preventive care to people who are medically uninsured, underinsured, or low-income. Family practice and dental care are common services, but some clinics have grown to offer internal medicine, pediatrics, women's care, family planning, pharmacy, optometry, laboratory testing, and other services. In countries with universal health care, most individuals use health care centers. In Central and Eastern Europe, large health centers are known as polyclinics.
Community health centers also provide primary health services to people in the area who do not have access to primary health care. In Central and Eastern Europe, primary health centers are known as polyclinics.
What is the difference between CHC and PHC?
CHCs are called community health centers, providing secondary level health care, while PHCs are called primary health care.
Primary Health Centers (PHCs) provide the first level of health care. Community health centers provide specialized treatment to patients referred from PHCs.
There are four PHDs i.e. Primary Health Centers under Community Health Centers i.e. CHCs, PHCs are run by state governments to take care of health in rural areas.
While a Primary Health Center (PHC) is for a population of 20000 to 30000 people. A Community Health Center (CHC) serves as a referral center for each of the four "Primary Health Care" centers covering a population of 80,000 to 1.2 lakh.
In India, most of the population still lives in villages, so that the people there can get health care at the right time, so Primary Health Center (PHC) was formed to provide health care in rural areas of India.
CHCs cannot be established everywhere so there are many backward rural areas where there are no treatment centers even far away. Therefore, primary health care works to provide health services to them.
While there are more than 23000 primary health centers across the country, there are more than 5300 community health centers, the primary health center is considered the basic unit of the country's health care system.
In a primary health center, a health nurse, also called Asha (Asha), takes care of patients even by visiting people's homes. PHCs have fewer paramedical staff and medical officers as compared to CHCs.
The benefits of opening primary health centers and community health centers in our country were such that according to the World Health Organization, India had the highest number of maternal, newborn and child deaths.
In the same place in the year 1990, 83 newborns died out of 1,000 births. It fell to 44 in the same year 2011 and where the mortality rate was 570 per one lakh births in 1990, it fell to 212 as per the 2011 report.
What is the purpose of CHC Health Services?
The main objective of opening a community health center is as follows.
Health related facilities are provided to the local residents under the CHC so that the local people do not face any kind of hardship.
These non-profit organizations are opened for the good health of people so that they can provide health facilities to economically poor sections as well.
CSC center is specially developed for people who are financially weak and cannot get their treatment anywhere due to lack of money. They are provided with minimal or free facilities.
A number of doctors and nurses are available at the CSC center for ongoing health related needs.
Community health centers differ from other health clinics in many respects.
Health facilities like family care, dental treatment, pediatric diseases and women's obstetric diseases etc. are available in community health centers.
The CSC center caters to the needs of families and other specific groups living in the area.
If a person has the ability to pay for treatment at a CSC center, money is charged for health services as per his need and rules.
Special relaxation is given to such people whose economic condition is not good.
According to a report, community health centers provide primary health care services to more than 30 million patients every year.
Community Health Center - Facilities available at CHC
👉 Out Patient (OPD)
Medical OPD
Surgical OPD
Pediatric OPD
Obstetrics and Gynecology OPD
Dental care services
👉 Indoor facility
👉. Anesthetic services
👉Investigation procedures
Ultrasonography (in selected CHCs)
X-ray
pathology
👉 Epidemic Control, Endemic and Communicable Disease Programme
👉 Implementation of all national programmes
Maternal and Child Health Programme
Family Welfare Programme
School Health Program
Iodine Deficiency Control Program
Blindness Control Programme
AIDS and HIV Control Programme
Leprosy Eradication Program (Free Distribution of MDT)
Tuberculosis Control Program (free distribution of drugs by DOTS providers and pathology services)
Diarrhea Disease Control Program
Universal Immunization Program
👉 Provision of micronutrients like vitamin A and iron and folic acid
👉 BCC - Behavioral Change Communication - Public Awareness Campaign
👉 Safe water supply and basic sanitation
👉 Collection and reporting of vital statistics
👉 Reproductive and child health
👉 Mother and child care
👉 Jani Suraksha Yojana - JSY under NRHM
👉 Universal immunization program for mother and child
D. Pre, intra and post delivery services
👉E. Family welfare services (free distribution of sterilization, oral pills and condoms)
👉Referral services
👉. emergency services
👉 Ambulance services
👉 Medico Legal Services.
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