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Cheap Health Helpers Are Here! 🏥

New stores called Janaushadhi are opening across the country to sell cheap health items like diapers and wipes. 🍼

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Key Points

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More than 20,000 affordable health stores are already in India.

Baby care items such as diapers and wipes are sold for just a few rupees.

Medical devices like nebulizer machines and blood sugar test strips are available.

Adult diapers and comfort pillows help elderly family members.

The program will add more items like knee braces and walking aids.

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Families can buy baby bottles, breast pumps, and even warm water bags at low prices. 🍼

Special tools like a small machine that helps kids breathe better are also sold. 🌬️

Older people can get adult diapers and comfy pillows that help them feel better. 🛏️

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10 words

Janaushadhi

A name for India's low‑cost health stores that sell medicines and other health items.

nebulizer

A small machine that turns medicine into a mist you can breathe to help lungs.

glucometer

A tiny device that checks how much sugar is in your blood.

pulse oximeter

A small gadget that measures how much oxygen is in your blood.

postpartum

The time after a mother has given birth.

cervical

Related to the neck part of the spine.

rehabilitation

Helping someone get stronger and move better after they were sick or hurt.

mobility

How easy it is for a person to move around.

consumables

Things that are used up, like wipes or test strips.

bedridden

Being unable to get out of bed because of illness or weakness.

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