Punjab has around 2.74 lakh addicts under treatment at 529 Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) clinics in the state, according to state health department data. The data further reveals that ...

People who came to government and private OOAT centres to get rid of addiction problem, ended up getting hooked on the very drug prescribed to wean them off habit-forming opium, poppy husk or heroin.

As many as 3,500 banned tablets and Rs 39,816 were stolen from outpatient opioid assisted treatment (OOAT) clinic on the first floor of Kharar civil hospital. Mohali: As many as 3,500 banned tablets ...

The Punjab government’s plan to monitor outpatient opioid assisted treatment (OOAT) clinics through a digital portal has run into a technical snag even before its official launch. The biometric ...

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Chandigarh: Buoyed by the response received by outpatient opioid assisted treatment (OOAT) clinics for de-addiction of drug addicts, the Punjab government has decided to open 100 more such clinics.

About 81 such clinics are functioning in the state. Till date, more than 8,459 patients have been registered and availing medical services. Patient retention rate currently is 84.05 per cent.

The state government in Punjab is relying on the use of alternate medication to tackle the menace of drug addiction. The government is providing alternate medicines to the addicts to wean them away ...

With the number of patients visiting government-run Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) clinics seeing a rise amid the Punjab government’s anti-drug campaign, a shortage of psychiatrists and ...

CHANDIGARH: Health and Family Welfare Minister Brahm Mohindra on Monday said 100 more Out Patient Opioid Assisted Treatment OOAT clinics will be started in remaining districts The Tribune, now ...

Amid shortage of psychiatrists, the Punjab health department has decided to train medical officers (MOs) to do their job so as to effectively run the outpatient opioid assisted treatment (OOAT) ...

Chandigarh: The Punjab government is all set to open ‘Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment Clinics’ (OOAT) in community health centres (CHC) in the state to help drug addicts. In the first phase, ...