Honeywell refurbishes PHCs in rural India across three states
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Honeywell refurbishes PHCs in rural India across three states

The project is part of a three-year-long partnership between Honeywell and Americares to strengthen the health infrastructure in rural Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Haryana

  • By IPP Bureau | June 01, 2023

Honeywell in partnership with Americares India Foundation, a health-focused relief and development organization, announced the successful handover of the project to strengthen 72 primary healthcare centers (PHC) in rural areas across districts in Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Haryana.

The project is part of a three-year-long partnership between Honeywell and Americares India Foundation to strengthen the health infrastructure being implemented in rural Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Haryana.

As part of the second year project, Honeywell and Americares India collaborated with the state government to identify local PHCs in need of assistance in the districts of Pune and Nashik of Maharashtra and Mahendragarh, Nuh, and Rewari of Haryana. To analyse these PHCs and identify infrastructural and service shortcomings, a customized evaluation technique was used. Based on the needs indicated in the assessment, Honeywell donated over 20,000 pieces of equipment to these 72 PHC centers.

The project was a part of the National Health Policy, the country’s flagship health system strengthening programme, primarily focusing on primary and secondary health care. The objective of the initiative was to identify existing gaps in equipment, instrument, and supplies at the selected local PHCs, provide comprehensive quality health care and diagnostic / investigative healthcare services and to minimize the referrals to secondary and tertiary healthcare centres.

By the end of March 2023, all the 72 PHCs had undergone infrastructural upgrades and were ready for delivering high-quality healthcare solutions to the rural population. The total investment made by Honeywell for this project amounted to INR 8.5 Crores to strengthen 72 PHCs and additional INR 4.5 Crores will be invested in FY 2023-24 towards equipping 40 PHCs in rural India.

“Government’s National Health Mission focuses on strengthening the primary and secondary healthcare centres. PHCs play a critical role in ensuring the health and well-being of people and also equitable distribution of quality healthcare services focused on people’s needs,” said, Dr. Surendra Yadav, Chief Medical Officer, Rewari.

“Infrastructure is a key pillar that supports the primary objective of promoting improved care for all patients in rural areas in the country. Ensuring that health facilities have adequate supplies, equipment and drugs is essential for people to have confidence in health services in the country. By partnering with Honeywell, we were able to successfully address the healthcare needs of patients at the community level.” said, Meenakshi Batra, Country Director, Americares India Foundation.

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