Two hospitals, three mobile clinics for beedi workers soon

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Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattreya has announced opening of two hospitals and three mobile dispensaries in the district to provide medical assistance to beedi workers, particularly for for women from March 1. At a meeting with the beedi workers, commission agents and trade union leaders on Saturday, the Minister said that women workers were suffering from various aliments by rolling beedies and being exposed to tobacco for several hours in the day.