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Hyderabad: On the occasion of World Blood Donation Day on Tuesday, Health Minister T Harish Rao urged people to volunteer and donate blood in large numbers. In Telangana, every year, there is a demand for 4 lakh units of blood. However, blood banks across the State are just about able to collect 3.7 lakh units. […]

Hyderabad: In the wake of a surge in Covid infections driven by BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants, the Telangana government on Monday urged union Health Minister, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya to allow administration of booster or precautionary doses to all eligible individuals above 18 years at government hospitals. At present, Telangana has a stock of nearly […]

Siddipet: The new bus station built at a cost of Rs 6 crore in Siddipet is ready for inauguration. The project was grounded last year. The old bus station, which was constructed in 1976 when J Chokka Rao was Transportation Minister of united Andhra Pradesh, was in a dilapidated condition. Since the Sididpet town was […]

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has hailed the service of Amarnath Annadhana Seva Samithi (AASS) in serving the Amarnath Yatra devotees. As the annual Yatra in the Himalayas was all set to commence on June 30, the AASS was taking the groceries to the Himalayas where they would serve the food free from June […]

Hyderabad: To discourage government doctors from prescribing branded drugs, the Telangana government on Thursday directed them to only prescribe generic drugs while providing free consultations to patients. A generic drug prescription will provide an opportunity for the pharmacist at the government dispensary to issue drugs available in the stock, instead of forcing patients to purchase […]

Hyderabad: The prestigious Telangana Health Profile initiative, which was launched on a pilot basis in Mulugu and Sircilla districts, has concluded on Thursday. The health profile initiative involved collecting blood samples and other physical parameters from 5,20,301 individuals in Mulugu and Sircilla combined over a span of 70 days by 446 teams of field level […]

Hyderabad: State-run super-specialty hospitals have started to get more patients and conduct a large number of procedures covered under the Aarogyasri health insurance scheme when compared to private hospitals. The Aarogyasri health insurance scheme was always a domain of private hospitals, as their share of beneficiaries in percentage used to hover at around 70 while 30 […]

Medak: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Wednesday said that the Telangana government was making all efforts to protect TSRTC while the Centre was privatising all public sector undertaking companies across the nation. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the Narsapur Bus depot, the first bus depot built post-Telangana creation on Wednesday, Harish Rao said that […]

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said the irrigation department will start the trial run of Gouravelly reservoir, which is being built as part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) in Akkannapet Mandal of Siddipet district, , on June 12. Addressing the people during his visit to Husnabad Assembly Constituency at Pandilla village after […]

Hyderabad: The State government on Sunday directed District Medical and Health Officers (DM&HOs), programme officers and medical officers to spend at least one night in a month at Primary Health Centres (PHCs) which will not only improve the quality of healthcare but also highlight limitations in the system that need to be addressed. Health Minister, […]

Hyderabad: The Central Government attempted to usurp Telangana Government’s schemes by claiming to extend 54 lakh tap connections in the State under the Jal Jeevan Mission, while it had not extended any assistance to the State Government’s initiative of providing water connections to every household under Mission Bhagiratha programme. This came to light on Saturday, […]

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said that Palle Pragathi has changed the face of villages in the Siddipet district. Addressing the gathering after unfurling the national flag on the occasion of Telangana Formation Day, the Minister said that they were raising 62 lakh saplings in 489 nurseries across Siddipet. During the fourth phase of […]

Siddipet: To celebrate Finance Minister T Harish Rao’s birthday on June 3 in a unique way, some of his followers will be launching THR Helping Challenge. His followers and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) workers, who accept the challenge, will have to help someone in need. After helping the person, they will have to take a […]

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has said that the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is known for its credibility in the country. However, the Finance Minister has expressed his disappointment about the Centre’s decision to privatise the LIC. After inaugurating the new LIC branch office building in Siddipet on Wednesday, Harish Rao said […]

Nalgonda: In a surprising instance, the dry blood spot test facility in Mother and Child Hospital has been non-finctional since its launch in 2018, after irregularities were exposed in awarding the contract to a private laboratory. None seemed to take interest in restarting the facility which would immensely benefit the newborns in the hospital. Incidentally, […]

Hyderabad: The State government on Tuesday reconstituted the Governing Council for Telangana State Yogadhyayana Parishad (TSYP), Hyderabad with Health Minister, T Harish Rao as Chairman and Secretary, Health, Medical and Family Welfare, SAM Rizvi as Vice-Chairman. Members of the Governing Council will include Commissioner, AYUSH and Dr Koppula Karunakar Reddy, Secretary, Government Education Department, Special […]

Hyderabad: In the past seven decades, Telangana region had just three medical colleges while in seven years since statehood, the Telangana government established 33 medical colleges across the State, Health Minister, T Harish Rao said here on Thursday. Responding to charges made by Telangana Congress working presidents, J Geetha Reddy and T Jayaprakash Reddy (Jagga […]

Siddipet: Finance and Health Minister T Harish Rao has said that the Government will soon set up a state-of-the-art cath lab at Government Hospital Siddipet to treat heart diseases. He said that the government will spend over Rs 10 crore to purchase the machinery. Only NIMS, Gandhi, Osmania, and District Hospital Khammam were having the […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: Health Minister T Harish Rao on Friday announced that a five-bed dialysis centre would be set up at Area hospital of Bhongir in a month. Inaugurating 20-bed new born baby care centre in Bhongir area hospital, Harish Rao said that it came to his notice that patients of renal diseases were going to Hyderabad […]

Siddipet: The Finance Minister T Harish Rao has asked the fisheries department officials of the erstwhile Medak district to initiate the process of forming new fishermen societies across the district since water resources have been increased during the past few years in the district. Speaking to the fisheries department officials and elected representatives of Medak […]