Chief Minister Sri K Chandrashekhar Rao has greeted people in Telangana on the occasion of World Health Day.
The CM said with the resurge in the Covid cases, the people should strictly maintain the Covid guidelines, keep the environment clean and green, take nutritious food, keep a tab on healthy living and contain the spread of Corona. The CM gave this message on the occasion of World Health Day.
KCR said that health is wealth and the state government is working towards a healthy society and the development possible when people are healthy. The CM said that the state government is implementing successfully several programmes and schemes towards improving the public health.
He said the state government has strengthened Public Health Centres, Hospitals and Medical and Health system. He said the Basti Dawakhans started in Greater Hyderabad have yielded good results and this would be replicated in other towns and cities.
With these measures, the state government has brought medical and health services to the doorsteps of people and increased the standards. The State government also made available proteinous food by increasing the consumption of meat, fish, fruits and vegetable schemes by setting up integrated Veg and non-Veg markets all over the state.
The CM said the programmes launched under the Palle Pragathi and Pattana Pragathi have won several awards and showed that the state government is working for public health. Sri KCR said for the past year, the state and its people could withstand Corona due to their basic good habits and their immune to diseases.
The Mission Bhagiratha Scheme which provided pure, safe drinking water to reach and every household in the State helped to increase public health in a qualitative way. The KCR Kits Programme aimed at the well-being of the Mother and child and has helped the women and child welfare immensely.
With Kalyan Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes, there is a fast decline in child marriages and reduced infant female mortality rate.