Chandigarh, March 13 -- In a move to strengthen secondary healthcare services in Haryana, the state government has designated 100 health institutions under the National Health Mission (NHM) as First Referral Units (FRUs), said Haryana health minister Arti Singh Rao on Thursday.

Out of the 100 health institutions designated as FRUs, six each are in Jhajjar, Karnal and Jind districts; five each are in Ambala, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Hisar, Nuh, Sirsa, Kurukshetra, and Sonepat; four each in Gurugram, Kaithal, Mahendragarh, Palwal, Panchkula, Panipat, Rewari, Bhiwani, Rohtak, and Yamunanagar; and two in Charkhi Dadri district.

The move is aimed at providing better and timely medical facilities, particularly to people living in rural and remot...