Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated 110 self-sufficient mobile medical units at Swasthya Bhawan in Kolkata on Monday.

CM Banerjee, who is also the state's health minister-in-charge, stated that an additional 100 medical units would be deployed soon.

“We have spent 84 crores to build 210 such units. Today, 110 have been inaugurated. This is not like other units. This will be self-sufficient, having doctors and nurses, technicians. The remaining 100 will be done soon. Pregnant women and children will get great help. People will get 35 diagnostic tests free of cost, which include haemoglobin, pregnancy test, ECG, blood sugar test. Pregnant women will have access to ultrasonography. This will cost us over Rs 2 crores 50 lakhs, which amounts to 30 crores annually.

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