Summary
These centres help children stay healthy, check for sickness, and give medicine.
A special online service lets families talk to doctors on a screen.
India is also working to stop diseases like hepatitis and sickle cell.
Key Points
4 points1
Over 180,000 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs are open across the country.
2
More than 900 million people have their own health identity number.
3
Almost 500 million video doctor visits have been done through the online service.
4
Free medicines and tests help families save money.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsAyushman Arogya Mandirs
big health centres that offer many medical services
health identity number
a special ID that keeps track of a person's health records
teleconsultations
talking to a doctor using a video call
hepatitis
a sickness that can hurt the liver
sickle cell
a condition that makes blood cells not work well
Want to learn even more? Click here to read the full story!
🔊 Reading Article
Kid-friendly voice