Telangana: Container hospitals to cater to remote agency areas in Kothagudem soon

Four prefabricated health sub-centres are being set up at Allapalli, Gundala, Parnasala and Vinayakapuram of Aswaraopet mandal and will be monitored by the staff of respective primary health centres, says District Medical and Health Officer

Kothagudem: District Medical and Health Department has begun work on setting up prefabricated health sub-centres called ‘container hospitals’ to ensure emergency medical care to people living in remote agency areas.

District Medical and Health Officer (DM&HO) Dr Jayalakshmi said four sub-centres have been sanctioned to the district. They are being set up at Allapalli, Gundala, Parnasala and Vinayakapuram of Aswaraopet mandal and would be monitored by the staff of respective primary health centres (PHCs).

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It is being planned to depute health staff such as auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM), mid-level health provider (MLHP) and ASHA workers from the PHCs concerned for the treatment of patients while the medical officer of the PHCs would visit the container hospitals on a regular basis.

Speaking to ‘Telangana Today’, Dr Jayalakshmi said each container hospital would be equipped with four beds and necessary equipment, besides supply of medicines and would help carry out immunisation activities locally. Work related to electricity supply and toilets is underway. Installation of container hospitals has been completed at Allapalli, Gundala and Parnasala, while at Vinayakapuram the container is yet to be installed. The sub-centres would be brought into use as soon as possible, she said.

The sub-centres would help provide healthcare to rural people during disasters like floods, which often cut off transportation in rural areas. In many areas, existing health sub-centres are in dilapidated condition and the container hospitals would serve as alternative health care facilities for the locals, the DM&HO said.