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The Geriatric Clinics will be opened at various PHCs in Bhubaneswar (16), Cuttack (7), Berhampur (1), Rourkela (2) and Sambalpur (8), where senior citizens would get treatment on priority and concessions on charges.
The clinics will provide OPD services on a daily basis while physiotherapy services will be provided three days a week. Besides, a Medicine specialist will visit the clinic once a week. The patients will receive medicines free of cost under the Niramaya scheme.
The Union government will provide 60 per cent of the total cost, while the state government will bear the rest under the project.