Centre working to make medicare accessible to poor in TS: Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy

Hyderabad: Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Sunday said that the BJP government at the Centre led by Narendra Modi has been working to make medical services accessible to the people of Telangana.

Listing out the schemes in which the Centre had provided funds, Kishan Reddy said that under the National Health Mission, funds to the tune of Rs 5,550 crore were released to Telangana during the last eight and a half years since 2014-15 and added that according to March, 2021 calculations, Telangana has 227 primary health centres in towns, 10 community health centres, 636 primary health centres in villages and 85 community health centres providing essential medical services to the people.

As of March,2022, there are 11,367 health workers (doctors, nurses, etc) working in Telangana under the National Health Mission. As many as 624 ambulances were providing emergency services to the public, 32,854 ASHA workers were providing various services. A total of 1,075 Hospital Management Committees have been formed in Telangana, 314 primary health centres in rural areas providing 24X7 medical eservices, 156 FRUs (First Referral Units) serving round-the-clock for various operations, 10,426 Rural Health Hygiene and Nutrition Committees have been +constituted.