Launched on the occasion of Women’s Day on March 8, the Arogya Mahila initiative till April 21 has screened over 45,000 women for various diseases across Telangana
On the first Tuesday i.e., March 14, a total of 4,793 women underwent screening while on the second Tuesday i.e., March 21, about 6,328 women availed health care services in government hospitals
Being organized exclusively for women in nearly 100 government hospitals across Telangana, the once a week Arogya Mahila initiative on Tuesday collected 2,723 samples from patients and sent for tests in the government laboratories attached to T-Diagnostics
Apart from the Arogya Mahila, Telangana government was also preparing to distribute interest-free loans to SHG women on March 8 as a Women's Day gift, said Harish Rao