Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has conveyed his greetings to the Telangana people on the occasion of World Health Day on Thursday (April 7). The Chief Minister wished the state people to lead a healthy and happy life.
The State Government is already making efforts to the protection of people’s health. The State is also registering qualitative progress in the area of public health and medical infrastructure, he said.
The constant improvement of healthcare facilities in the four corners of the state has displayed the state government’s commitment. Along with the implementation of a slew of several schemes, the government made a substantial increase in the budget allocation to healthcare, the CM said.
As part of the strengthening of the medical and health sector, KCR said that necessary measures were taken to increase the human resources in the medical department. 21,073 posts were already sanctioned in the health wing. The construction of Super Specialty hospitals, Medical colleges in every district and an affiliated Nursing college, MCH centres, the increase of UG, PG, Super speciality medical seats and the enhancement of nursing seats were among the steps taken to consolidate the public health sector in Telangana.
The CM said that the Basti Dawakhanas, launched with an aim of reaching the medical facilities at the door steps, were receiving good responses from people. Taking cue from the success of Basti Dawa khana , the Government has established Palle Dawakhanas in the villages and extended medical services. In the GHMC limits, 350 Basti Dawakhanas have provided medical treatment to 81 lakh people and 19.61 lakh people utilized medical services from 2,250 palle Dawa khana so far.
KCR Kit, Arogya Laxmi etc schemes have brought a qualitative change in the public health sector, the Chief Minister said that the government’s dedication to delivering medical services to the needy was proved by the establishment of Telangana Diagnostic centres which offer medical tests free of cost.
