Hyderabad’s Basthi Dawakhanas, aimed at providing healthcare to the urban poor, are facing challenges including delayed salaries, inconsistent diagnostics, medicine shortages, poor infrastructure, and Sunday closures. These issues are reducing accessibility and effectiveness of the flagship urban health scheme
The closure of USAID could deal a body blow to planned projects, especially those which are fully dependent on the US agency, given the weak financial position of Congress-led Telangana government
The Health, Medical and Family Welfare department in an order said that in November last year, orders were issued for implementing the schemes for reimbursement and employees health upto March 31, 2021.
