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The boat clinic was first started in 2005 by a non-government organisation, Centre for North-East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES), under public-private partnership with the State Govt. to provide health care facilities to geographically and socially excluded people living on these tiny islands. Beginning with just one boat, C-NES now has ten such floating clinics in Dibrugarh, Dhubri, Dhemaji, Morigaon, Tinsukia, Barpeta, Jorhat, Nalbari, Sibsagar and Sonitpur. C-NES has a partnership with the Government under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The infrastructure is provided by C-NES and the technical support by the Government. Each boat has space for an out-patients department, doctor's cabin, medicine chest, kitchen, toilet and a general store. Photo: Sanjit Das
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India's Fragile Healthcare System
The boat clinic was first started in 2005 by a non-government organisation, Centre for North-East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES), under public-private partnership with the State Govt. to provide health care facilities to geographically and socially excluded people living on these tiny islands. Beginning with just one boat, C-NES now has ten such floating clinics in Dibrugarh, Dhubri, Dhemaji, Morigaon, Tinsukia, Barpeta, Jorhat, Nalbari, Sibsagar and Sonitpur. C-NES has a partnership with the Government under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The infrastructure is provided by C-NES and the technical support by the Government. Each boat has space for an out-patients department, doctor's cabin, medicine chest, kitchen, toilet and a general store. Photo: Sanjit Das