All seven Urban Public Health Centres (UPHCs) have received Indian Standard Organisation (ISO) 9001-2015 certificates for providing quality health services to slum dewellers and other denizens, tweeted Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday.
The BeMC is the first urban local body in the State to received ISO certificates for UPHCs. All these health facilities were located at Aga Street, Baikuntha Nagar, Good Shhed Road, Uttaramukhi, Khoda Singhi, Ambapua and Aska Road in 2016.
These PHCs are operating in two shifts, from 8 am till 11 am in the morning and from 5 pm to 8 pm in the evening. Besides providing treatment to children, pregnant women and others, the centres also conduct blood and other pathological tests and provide medicines under the Niramaya scheme free of cost.The ISO status would remain enforceable till September 2022.
