Table 8 Perceptions of street dwellers about model clinics and comparison with other health facilities

The model clinics provide services in the evening, which was very convenient for street-dwellers to get services

Other health centres open at day time when street-dwellers cannot go there as they become busy and remain out of their sleeping places in search of food for them

The staff members of the model clinics come to them and call them to visit their clinics. The providers of the model clinics respect them, listen to them, and provided services carefully

There is nobody to call them to go to clinics. The providers of the clinics avoid and discourage them to visit those clinics

There are male and female doctors for them at the model clinics, and services are provided to female patients by the female providers

In most cases, there is no provider from separate sex

Behaviour of the providers of the model clinics is very good, and they are very polite

Providers at other hospitals do not behave well with street-dwellers

The model clinics are very near to their sleeping places. No money is needed to visit the clinics

There is no other clinic/hospital near their sleeping places

There is very good discipline in the model clinics, and no need to wait for a long time

Requires much time to get treatment because other clinics/hospitals provide services to street-dwellers after providing services to other patients. The providers of that clinics neglect street- dwellers