India, May 15 -- The health department on Thursday inaugurated three new sub-health centres in Chandu, Noorgarh, and Mahchana villages along with a block-level public health unit at Haileymandi in Gurugram, officials said.

According to officials the new centre at Haileymandi will improve primary healthcare and diagnostics in Pataudi block, through various lab testing facilities for HB, ESR, RBS, Dengue, Malaria, and blood group testing.

Around Rs.2.84 crore were spent on building the three sub-health centres and the health unit over the past year, officials said. "The health centres will improve medical facilities in rural areas and reduce patient load on the civil and sub-divisional hospitals," said Arti Singh Rao, cabinet minister of ...