The Mobile Medicare Unit is meant for Senior Citizens living in slums, rural and inaccessible areas where proper health care facilities are not available. The objective of Mobile Medicare Unit is to provide medical care to the Senior Citizens living in rural, isolated and backward areas. Under this, grants would be provided to the District level hospitals in the Aspirational districts for improving the healthcare facilities in the underserved areas.

This grant would be in addition to and would operate in synchronisation with the efforts for healthcare facilities under the NHM. The project aims to enable Senior Citizens to assume an active role in maintaining and improving their own health and in encouraging others to do the same. Each Medicare Unit should cover minimum 400 Senior Citizens per month. Each MMU should make at least 10 trips per month to such areas. Grant-in-aid to organisations/NGOs/VOs for the programme of Mobile Medicare Units for senior citizens shall henceforth be given by the State Government.

No New project shall be allowed in the financial year 2021-22.

Grant-in-aid under this project to be given to agencies for running of physiotherapy clinic for a minimum of 50 Senior Citizens per month.