According to the latest reports, the Telangana Health minister T Harish Rao inaugurated medical equipment installed at a cost of Rs 2 crore in the NIMS hospital’s Nephrology department.
The minister stated on this occasion that Telangana is the first state to make a single-use filter dialysis system available in government hospitals, noting that the use of filters was previously limited only to corporate hospitals.
Harish Rao stated that dialysis is being provided to the poor through a single-use filter system without spending a single rupee under Arogyashri in government hospitals.
“Over 10,000 people are undergoing dialysis all over the state with the provision of bus passes, pensions and free medicines,” the minister stated.
Harish Rao went on to say that the government spends Rs 100 crore annually on dialysis through its Arogyashri scheme in order to provide corporate-style medical care to the poor, and that Rs 150 crore has already been allocated for advanced medical equipment.
He also stated that keeping in view of the public health in the state government started NCD (Non-Communicable Disease) screening and completed its first face, facilities such as Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Area Hospitals and Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) sub-centres across the state and said that government is going to start its second NCD screening soon.
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The minister stated that Telangana is the first state to provide purified drinking water and urged that diseases should be detected at the initial stage in order to be prevented.
Harish Rao also said that kidney transplants are mostly performed at NIMS, which needs to be strengthened even more.
The minister suggested that the medical staff take ownership of their work and provide good care to the poor, and that vacant positions in the dispensary be filled as soon as possible.
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