February 15, 2017 2:16 PM

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Centre to convert 1.5 lakh health sub centres into Wellness Centres

The Centre has decided to convert 1.5 lakh health sub centres into Wellness Centres. Interacting with media in New Delhi , Health Minister J P Nadda said, screening of diseases like diabetes and breast, oral and cervix cancer will be done in the centres. <br/><br/>He said, the centres will be transformed into wellness centres in a phased manner. He said, the outlay of health budget has been hiked by 27.7 per cent to over 47 thousand crore rupees. The Health Minister said, the budget is focused on various health progammes of the Ministry including prevention of non-communicable diseases.

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