Mohalla clinics near Arogya Mandirs to shut

The Delhi government will withdraw the existing Mohalla Clinics in areas where Ayushman Arogya Mandirs are coming up as both largely serve the same purpose of providing primary health care, according to the minutes of a meeting held to discuss operationalisation of Urban Ayushman Arogya Mandirs.

- Ridhima Gupta

NEW DELHI:

The Delhi government plans to withdraw Mohalla Clinics from areas where Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) are being set up, as both serve the same purpose—providing primary health care—according to minutes of a meeting accessed by HT.

AAMs are being established under the Centre's Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), which was announced after the BJP's victory in the February 2025 Delhi elections.

At the April 17 meeting, chaired by Delhi health minister Pankaj Singh, it was decided that Mohalla Clinics located in the vicinity of new AAMs would be phased out as the latter could cater to the same demography.