Medicare at the doorstep

KHAMMAM: State Medical and Health Minister Sambani Chandrasekhar on Friday said in view of the increase in the number of malaria cases in the Agency areas of the district, the State Government had sanctioned a public health laboratory at a cost of Rs 30 lakh for the town and a mobile laboratory for Agency areas.

Fromally launching the Rajiv Arogyasri scheme in Khammam, he said the State and Central governments were taking health care to the doorstep of rural people. As part of it, Rs 320 crore was sanctioned and Rs 6 crore of the amount would be spent in the Agency over a period of three years.

He said the people could have their water, food and blood checked free of cost at the public health laboratory. A suitable site would be identified for construction of the laboratory.

On vacancies in the Health Department, the minister said 58 doctors and 131 ANMs were recruited in the district recently.

With a view to providing better medicare for the people, the Government had sanctioned 487 mobile clinics vehicles and they would start functioning from the first week of August. He said every effort would be made to make rural people aware about the Rajiv Arogyasri scheme. Posters and pamphlets would be released and seminars would be conducted on the scheme, the minister added.

District Collector Sasibhushan Kumar and District medical and health officer Babji were also present.

Source: newindpress.com