Former Minister S Niranjan Reddy has accused the Congress government of causing a severe decline in Telangana’s public health and diagnostic services. According to Reddy, routine tests are being neglected due to lack of specialists and malfunctioning equipment, worsening the state’s healthcare scenario.
With rising cases of dengue and water-borne illnesses, the Telangana health department has advised weekly ‘Friday Dry Day’ efforts to eliminate stagnant water. Citizens are urged to take mosquito and hygiene precautions to prevent dengue, typhoid, viral fevers, and flu.
In the last one year or so, the Medical Council in Telangana State has registered over 400 FIRs against fake doctors; actively conducted raids in facilities operated by unqualified persons and spoke freely against the perils of quackery.
Government will ensure FSSAI registration/license for all the food businesses by cross checking with trade license data and previous hawker survey data
Contract workers under National Health Mission (NHM), TVVP, Director of Medical Education (DME), frequently suffer from delayed release of salaries in Telangana State.
Health Minister urged people with co-morbid conditions like hypertension, sugar, heart ailments and cancer to be very careful and take precautions from SARS-CoV-2.
As part of these initiatives, senior health officials have directed local District Medical and Health Officers (DM&HOs) across Telangana to be on alert and look-out for outbreaks related to water and vector-borne diseases and take preventive measures.
