In a significant step towards improving healthcare in Assam’s tea garden areas, the National Health Mission (NHM), Assam, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to upgrade 354 tea garden hospitals into Ayushman Arogya Mandirs.

This initiative aims to deliver quality healthcare to tea garden workers and their families, addressing long-standing health challenges in these regions.

Several initiatives have been introduced by the Government of Assam to improve health services in tea estates, including Mobile Medical Units, the Wage Compensation Scheme for pregnant women, PPP agreements with tea estate hospitals, the provision of free medicines, patient transport services, and the construction of new hospitals under Assam Tea Corporation Limited