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Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
19 MAR 2021 2:54PM by PIB Delhi
Mobile Medical Units Under NHM

Under NHM, States/UTs have been given flexibility to deploy Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) to provide a range of health care services for the populations particularly living in remote, inaccessible, un-served and underserved areas, as per the needs identified by the respective States/UTs.

Public health and hospital is a State subject. Under the National Health Mission (NHM), Government of India provides financial and technical support to States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare systems, including support for Mobile Medical Unit (MMUs), based on the requirements posed by them in their Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs), subject to availability of resources.

However, under NHM, as per norms, one MMU is supported per 10 lakh population subject to capping of 5 MMUs per district.  However, further relaxation of norms is available on a case-to-case basis and where patients served though existing MMUs exceed 60 patients per day per MMU in plain area and 30 patients per day per MMU in hilly areas.

Details of Mobile Medicals Units (Operational)

 under National Health Mission (NHM)

S.N

State/UTs

Mobile Medical Units (MMUs)

 

 
   

1

Bihar

0

   

2

Chhattisgarh

30

   

3

Himachal Pradesh

12

   

4

Jammu & Kashmir

10

   

5

Jharkhand

92

   

6

Madhya Pradesh

150

   

7

Orissa

9

   

8

Rajasthan

214

   

9

Uttar Pradesh

170

   

10

Uttarakhand

17

   

11

Arunachal Pradesh

16

   

12

Assam

130

   

13

Manipur

9

   

14

Meghalaya

4

   

15

Mizoram

9

   

16

Nagaland

11

   

17

Sikkim

0

   

18

Tripura

0

   

19

Andhra Pradesh

67

   

20

Goa

0

   

21

Gujarat

74

   

22

Haryana

12

   

23

Karnataka

70

   

24

Kerala

28

   

25

Maharashtra

50

   

26

Punjab

33

   

27

Tamil Nadu

415

   

28

Telangana

0

   

29

West Bengal

49

   

30

A&N Island

0

   

31

Chandigarh

0

   

32

D&N Haveli/Daman & Diu

3

   

33

Delhi

2

   

34

Ladakh

1

   

35

Lakshadweep

0

   

36

Puducherry

4

   

TOTAL

1691

   

           Source: NHM-MIS reports as on Dec 2020.

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.

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MV/SJ