Hyderabad: Health Minister T Harish Rao on Sunday stated that Telangana has made substantial progress within the nationwide well being sector rankings transferring from the eleventh place to the highest 3 within the nation.

The Minister participated in a programme organised by the Indian Medical Association right here on Sunday. The occasion was aimed to honouring devoted healthcare professionals and have a good time their vital contributions to society. Expressing his heartfelt appreciation, the Minister stated that the noble nature of the medical occupation, evaluating medical doctors’ position to that of troopers safeguarding the nation and farmers offering sustenance. The minister acknowledged the pivotal position performed by medical doctors, nurses, and different healthcare workers in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, saving numerous lives, and defending the world. He praised their selfless service and highlighted the collective recognition of the significance of medical professionals.

The minister highlighted a number of initiatives taken up by authorities together with enhancements in illness prevention by way of city and rural growth programmes comparable to Mission Bhagiratha and Mission Kakatiya, which ensured entry to scrub water and more healthy crops. He stated that Telangana leads in rising inexperienced cowl and has witnessed a discount in illness prevalence. He additionally shared particulars comparable to Telangana Diagnostic labs are conducting 134 diagnostic exams. Establishment of 500 Basti Dawakhanas, the Kalyana Lakshmi initiative efficiently curbed youngster marriages, the KCR equipment considerably elevated deliveries in authorities hospitals by 30 to 70 per cent, and Telangana stands as the one State with 100 per cent institutional deliveries.

Regarding infrastructure, he highlighted the numerous enlargement of healthcare services within the State. Telangana has witnessed a outstanding enhance within the variety of dialysis centres, from 3 to 102. Additionally, the federal government is within the strategy of organising 50,000 beds to deal with emergencies such because the COVID-19 pandemic. These embrace 10,000 ICU beds, 10,000 tremendous specialty beds, and a considerable enhance in medical school capability. Telangana now boasts 56 medical schools, in comparison with the preliminary rely of 20, with a rise from 2,850 to eight,340 MBBS seats. The authorities has additionally recruited 1,161 assistant professors in authorities hospitals to reinforce the standard of healthcare providers.