In medicine, Urban health or Urban medicine is the interdisciplinary study of health and health care delivery in rural environments. The concept of rural health incorporates many fields, including geography, midwifery, nursing, sociology, economics, and telehealth or telemedicine.
As private medical colleges are expanding in India and they can be an important supporter in public private partnership for national health programmes, it is being set up. GIMSH is having its UHTC at Bidhan Nagar, Durgapur which is 8km from College. Population covered here is approximately 43879. Approx. 50-60 OPD is reported here on a daily basis.
UHTC of this private medical college is significantly contributing and supporting in RCH services of NRHM programme for primary health care system. UHTC of medical colleges can be an asset for public private partnership in NRHM programme.
