Tripura Health

Tripura health is the indicator of the socio economic status of the state. The health profile of Tripura indicates the infant and maternal mortality ratio and the crude death and birth rates. The government has developed the health infrastructure of Tripura to ensure that the primary health facilities are available to all the people of the state.

The government has established 539 sub centers in the hilly and undulating regions of the state of Tripura. There are 73 primary health centers in the state. The government has the scope of expanding the number to 104. Only 10 community health centers have been established by the government of Tripura when the scope of 26 such centers are present in the state. The community health centers are referral units that treat patients referred by the primary health centers. The community centers are equipped with more diagnostic and therapeutic facilities and specialized physicians. The specialist health physicians, assisted by the health male and female workers attend the patients in these health care centers. These centers have 268 nurses and midwives to assist the doctors. The government has also placed laboratory technicians to run the para clinical centers that conduct routine examinations.

A study of the demography of the state reveals that the health facilities provided by the government have improved reducing the number of infant and maternal mortality. The developed infrastructure has also reduced the premature deaths in the region.