Udayanapuram
Grama Panchayat

🏥 Family Health Centre Udayanapuram

Family Health Centre (FHC Udayanapuram), located in Udayanapuram Grama Panchayat of Kottayam district, is a major public health institution providing comprehensive primary healthcare services to local residents.

👩‍⚕️ ASHA Workers (Accredited Social Health Activist)

ASHA workers (Accredited Social Health Activist) are local female health workers who serve as a key link connecting the public health system with local residents.

📋 Key Responsibilities and Services

• 👶 Maternal and Child Care: Coordinating early registration of pregnant women, ensuring regular health check-ups, encouraging hospital deliveries, and managing vaccinations (immunization) for infants.
• 🛡️ Disease Prevention and Awareness: Conducting home visits to raise awareness regarding hygiene, nutrition, family planning, and prevention of infectious diseases.
• 🩺 Lifestyle Disease Screening and Palliative Care: Assisting with local screenings for diabetes and hypertension, as well as supporting palliative care for bedridden patients.
• 📊 Data Collection and Surveys: Gathering family health statistics at the ward level and maintaining registers.
• 🚑 Referral Services: Providing basic first aid and referring patients to primary or family health centres in emergency situations.

🤝 Social Significance Working directly at the grassroots level, ASHA workers can quickly identify the health issues of rural residents and effectively bring government healthcare schemes to the common people.

📍 Local Model (Example) At Udayanapuram Family Health Centre, 22 ASHA workers across 18 wards play a vital role in delivering field-level health messages and services.