ghaziabad as many as 162 new health subcentres and 10 polyclinics will be set up this financial year in ghaziabads urban localities the concept of the subcentre was till now limited to rural areas onlymoreover a plan is afoot to shift 14 subcentres from rented accommodation to new government buildings these centres like mohalla clinics in delhi aim to provide primary health services to residents near their homes the government is planning to appoint specialists and provide an array of health services to people through these centreshowever the condition of the existing subcentres is not quite good of the 76 health subcentres initially planned in ghaziabad 34 are lying defunct for months in the absence of community health officers chosthe government had planned to upgrade the subcentres that focused on maternal and child healthcare to health and wellness centres in ghaziabad the target was to increase the number of such facilities to 76 by 202021 fiscal but only 42 are functional nowthese subcentres are the first healthcare points in villages and family planning drives counselling sessions routine immunisation programmes and antenatal checkups are planned at these facilities some centres also conduct procedures like insertion of copper iuds as part of the family planning drive