Nashik: Dr. Bharati Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, has instructed Nashik Civil Surgeon to launch ‘Swawalamban Kendra’ for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) in all hospitals of the sub-district of the district.
Pawar said that people with disabilities have to travel from their homes in remote areas to the district headquarters to register and get the unique identity number, which enables them to access various government programs. On the directives of the Union Minister of State, such a center is being started at the Kalwan Sub-district Hospital from 3 December – the World Day of the Disabled.
The center will serve residents of three talukas around Kalwan, including Surgana, Deola and Baglan.
Currently, Nashik City Civil Hospital and Malegaon General Hospital are the only two centers where certificates are provided to people after submitting their applications. People register to obtain the unique identity card which allows them to obtain concessions in terms of travel, assistance in obtaining bank loans, development of special skills and training in the various trades, examinations and preference in non-technical skills trades. The minister has now instructed officials to open such centers in Yeola and other sub-district hospitals.