gurugram to strengthen primary health care in the city the health department on saturday inaugurated a new centre at palra in badshahpur the new centre was earlier announced by the chief minister and a 15 acre plot was given by the panchayat with the new centre gurugram now has 19 urban primary healthcare centres phcs and 12 rural phcsthe new rural centre at palra will have three rooms and will provide opd and immunisation facilities and deliveries will be included later at present the centre has two doctors a dental staff and an asha and anm staff gurugram chief medical officer cmo dr virender yadav said we now have over 30 phcs in the district we will also start a delivery unit soon and have sent a proposal to national health mission for nurses these primary health centres are the backbone of the system apart from opd services they also provide dental services treatment for dietetics and other diseases the centres also provide counselling for family planning to residents the doctors and staff of phcs are also conducting covid tests and contact tracing they are also responsible for evaluating the condition of home isolation patients and keep a tab on their oxygen saturation levels the phcs have gained importance as the facilities are also dealing with testing and tracing of covid 19 patients in the area