LAHORE, April 10: The Punjab Health Department is upgrading 295 rural health centres (RHCs) and 2,456 basic health units (BHUs) to provide better health facilities to the people at the grassroots level.

According to a spokesman for the department, the focus is on the protection of people’s health through improved primary healthcare and disease prevention programmes.

Presently, about 50,000 lady health workers (LHWs) and 16,000 lady health supervisors are working in Punjab. The LHWs are providing basic healthcare to rural communities.

The spokesman said the programmes relating to maternal and neonatal healthcare would help achieve Millennium Development Goals in maternal and infant health.—APP