Muzhakkunnu Primary Health Center
Primary Health Centre, Muzhakkunnu
The Primary Health Centre (PHC), Muzhakkunnu plays an important role in ensuring primary and comprehensive healthcare for the people of Muzhakkunnu Grama Panchayat. Along with providing treatment, the centre gives priority to disease prevention and health promotion, with the primary objective of protecting and improving the overall health of the community.
Key Objectives
Free and Quality Healthcare:
To provide accessible and quality primary healthcare to all residents of the Panchayat without financial hardship.
Disease Prevention:
To undertake preventive measures against communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases (lifestyle diseases).
Maternal and Child Care:
To ensure appropriate care for pregnant women and newborns, along with timely and complete immunisation for children.
Health Awareness:
To create awareness among the public about sanitation, personal hygiene, nutritious food and healthy lifestyle practices.
Communicable Disease Control:
To coordinate ward-level preventive activities to control the spread of communicable diseases such as dengue fever and leptospirosis.
Palliative Care:
To provide home-based care and support to bedridden patients and elderly persons with the assistance of ASHA workers and nurses.
Health Data Collection:
To collect and monitor health-related information of the Panchayat population, assess their health status and contribute to improving key health indicators.
Major Services Available
- General medical consultation and treatment for common illnesses such as fever, cough and cold
- Monitoring and follow-up care for chronic diseases
- Maternal and child healthcare services
- Antenatal check-ups for pregnant women
- Postnatal care
- Immunisation for children
- Nutritional guidance
Lifestyle Disease Management
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Heart diseases
- Cancer screening
Palliative Care
- Home-based treatment and care for bedridden patients and elderly persons.
Mental Health Services
- Counselling
- Mental health awareness programmes
- Necessary referral services
Community Health Activities
- Health awareness classes
- School Health Programmes
- Lifestyle disease prevention camps
- Sanitation and cleanliness activities
- Household health surveys
Address
Primary Health Centre, Muzhakkunnu
Kakkayangad P.O., Ayichoth,
Kannur District, Kerala – 670 673
Phone: 9539073541
E-mail: - mophckkd@gmail.com
