India, April 19 -- The Gautam Budh Nagar administration has asked private hospitals to partner with the health department to organise medical camps and expand outreach services for industrial and construction workers across the district, officials said on Saturday.

The directives were issued after district magistrate Medha Roopam reviewed healthcare access for labourers at a meeting on Saturday.

According to officials, the district has a large concentration of manufacturing units that employ lakhs of workers, many of whom have limited access to formal healthcare.

Roopam asked private hospitals to utilise their corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds to organise regular medical camps in industrial areas and ensure special arrangemen...