Hyderabad’s Basthi Dawakhanas, aimed at providing healthcare to the urban poor, are facing challenges including delayed salaries, inconsistent diagnostics, medicine shortages, poor infrastructure, and Sunday closures. These issues are reducing accessibility and effectiveness of the flagship urban health scheme

Hyderabad: Launched as a flagship health scheme to serve the urban poor by bringing quality healthcare services to their neighbourhoods, the Basthi Dawakhanas in Hyderabad have come under intense scrutiny, thanks to the gradual erosion of their overall quality.

While the vulnerable population continues to visit these facilities, in the last few years, their core services are facing multiple difficulties. Some of the stand-out features of Basthi Dawakhanas, such as the availability

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