Ludhiana, June 14 -- While the health department had converted 65 Aam Aadmi Clinics (AACs) into Ayushman Arogya Kendras in January, the facilities' interior keep bearing the branding of Aam Aadmi Clinic (AAC) and a picture of chief minister Bhagwant Mann on prescription slips. The change was made to restore central government's funding under the National Health Mission (NHM).

CM Mann's picture and AAC brandings on the exterior were removed and replaced with new boards bearing the changed name and logo.

District nodal officer, AACs, Dr Seema Chopra, said, "We were asked by the higher-ups to change the branding only on the exterior of the buildings. We were told nothing about the interiors."

There were a total of 94 AACs in Ludhiana. The...