Struggling to find space for HBT clinics, the BMC is now looking to rent apartments near slums for the same. The civic body has on Thursday published a notice seeking applications from citizens willing to lend their premises for the clinic. 

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, in its 2022-23 budget, announced the opening of 227 Hinduhrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackarey (HBT) clinics to provide health facilities to Mumbaikars near their homes. Accordingly, it has started 28 HBT clinics in existing civic dispensaries, 13 polyclinics as well as nine porta cabins or container clinics. The BMC, however, faced hurdles in increasing the number due to space constraints.