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Are Health and wellness centres serving the purpose?

  Last some years were very volatile for the public health sector. Corona crisis shook the entire sector but in another way it also lead the sector to come out of it with the strength. Before the pandemic Indian government introduced the ambitious plan of Ayushman Bharat. The major bullets of this scheme were Ayushman medical insurance card and Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs).  HWC is the new structure of rural health and that is why it takes some hard controversies at the time of introduction of NMC bill. The major controversy of this new system was the qualification of the Community Health Officers (CHO) appointed on HWC. Especially doctors opposed with strikes on this new idea of NMC bill. They were totally offended by the decision made by govt to provide a doctor like service from a noncapable paramedics who were just nursing personals with six months of bridge course. The qualification as well as responsibilities given to the CHO was actually a master stroke from government to