TS to improve medical infrastructure: KTR

"While the number of Covid cases were increasing elsewhere in the country, the incidence had come down in Telangana, thanks to the work of the medical and health department."

Hyderabad: Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development K T Rama Rao on Thursday said the State government will take all measures to strengthen the medical infrastructure in the State. The need to further augment the existing infrastructure was felt in the past six monts of Covid-19 pandemic, he said.

Addressing the Cabinet Sub Committee on Medical and Health Department, the Minister congratulated the department for its work during the past six months. “The department under Health Minister Eatala Rajender’s leadership worked very well. Not only during the past six months but from the past six years, the department has worked very hard and instilled confidence among the people of the State about government medical services,” he observed.

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He said the department helped reduce neonatal death rate and mortality rate among young mothers, established diagnostic centres, intensive care units, and dialysis centres. He complimented Aasha workers, heads of different departments and the health secretary for the exemplary work that they have being doing. He observed that the intensity of seasonal diseases had drastically come down this year.

“This was possible because of the cooperation between Panchayat Raj and the Health departments. There was also a marked improvement among the general public on seasonal diseases,” he said. While the number of Covid cases were increasing elsewhere in the country, the incidence had come down in Telangana, thanks to the work of the medical and health department, he said.

Rajender said the department which works round the clock all around the year will be further strengthened. “The need to improve medical and health infrastructure was felt all over the world during the pandemic. In Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao directed us to take steps in that direction,” he said.

Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao and Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav also participated in the meeting.

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