In an attempt to bridge the widening gap between rural and urban healthcare for women, a free mobile healthcare unit (MHU) was launched in the national capital on Saturday. Amidst the presence of a large number of dignitaries, Indian ace cricketer, Shikhar Dhawan, lit the torch at Triveni Kala Sangam in Delhi. The Naari Jeevan Srot Express (MHU), as it is called, was flagged off by Sushma Dureja, deputy commissioner, ministry of health and family welfare. An initiative by the Gaudium Foundation, it will connect 74 districts and 250 locations in northern India by bus, reaching out to more than 9.5 crore people.

The bus will hold 18 medical camps in Delhi and cover multiple villages in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Jammu. Apart from mapping the magnitude of gynaecological diseases among Indian women and sensitizing health care professionals on the same, the campaign intends to seek probable solutions, covering all aspects of treatment modalities, right from risk identification and analysis to preventive strategies, diagnosis and medication, treatment or surgery, if required.

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