Punjab links 881 Aam Aadmi Clinics to a WhatsApp chatbot and announces 200 more clinics
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann launched a WhatsApp chatbot for the state's 881 Aam Aadmi Clinics on 3 August 2025 and announced 200 new clinics, taking the total to 1,081.
Summary
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann launched a WhatsApp chatbot connecting all 881 Aam Aadmi Clinics in the state on 3 August 2025 at Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh, and announced that 200 new clinics will be opened, taking the total to 1,081. Through the chatbot, patients will receive doctors' prescriptions, diagnostic test reports and reminders of their next consultation, along with regular updates for elderly people with diabetes or blood pressure, pregnant women and newborns. Mann said the clinics serve nearly 70,000 patients daily and about 90% of Punjabis own smartphones. He also noted that Punjab's Mukhya Mantri Sehat Yojana provides medical treatment of up to ₹10 lakh per family.
Key facts
- Date/place
- 3 Aug 2025, Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh
- Clinics on chatbot
- 881 Aam Aadmi Clinics
- New clinics
- 200 (total to become 1,081)
- Daily patients
- About 70,000
- Services
- Prescriptions, test reports, consultation reminders via WhatsApp
- Related scheme
- Mukhya Mantri Sehat Yojana: up to ₹10 lakh per family
Practice MCQs 2 questions
After the 200 new Aam Aadmi Clinics announced by Punjab on 3 August 2025, the total number of such clinics in the state will be:
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Correct answer: B — 1,081
Punjab will open 200 new Aam Aadmi Clinics, taking the total from 881 to 1,081.
Consider the following statements about Punjab's healthcare announcements of 3 August 2025: 1. A WhatsApp chatbot was launched connecting all 881 existing Aam Aadmi Clinics. 2. The Mukhya Mantri Sehat Yojana provides treatment of up to ₹5 lakh per family. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Statement 1 is correct: all 881 Aam Aadmi Clinics were connected to a WhatsApp chatbot. Statement 2 is incorrect: the Mukhya Mantri Sehat Yojana provides treatment of up to ₹10 lakh per family.