Chief Secretary Shanti Kumari informed that due to the revolutionary schemes undertaken by the Chief Minister KCR in the medical and health sector, there has been a significant improvement in the health standards of the people of the state. A review meeting was held today at BRKR Bhavan on the medical and health department.
During the meeting, Chief Secretary said that the health and living standards of the people of the state have improved with the state government’s ambitious initiatives such as Kanti Velugu, KCR Kit, KCR nutrition kit and comprehensive health check-ups for women journalists.
Chief Secretary stated that so far 13,28,808 people have been provided with KCR kits in the state, thus 29.10 lakh people have benefited. She noted that institutional deliveries have increased in the state since these KCR kits were launched free of cost. Currently 95 percent of deliveries are taking place in institutions. Deliveries in government hospitals have increased from 30 percent to 61 percent, she said and added that they are also giving incentive awards to the staff if they give birth in primary medical centres.
Chief Secretary said that the KCR Nutrition Kit, which was introduced experimentally in 9 districts of the state to provide nutritious food to pregnant and lactating women, is giving good results and the number of maternal and child deaths decreased due to these kits. These KCR Nutrition Food Kits will be launched across all the districts soon.
As part of the women’s health program launched on the occasion of International Women’s Day, eight types of medical examinations have been conducted for 5214 women.
