Governor roots for healthcare to all citizens across State

Hyderabad: Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has asserted no individual should be deprived of the medical facilities extended by the State and Central governments in the State.

At a high-level meeting on Medical & Health department held in the Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan here on Thursday, Soundararajan said, being a medical doctor, her aim is health for all in Telangana State.

Tamilisai stated that the people of Telangana should benefit by health schemes of both State and Centre. "When I discussed the same personally with Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao recently, he has deputed senior officials of the Medical and Health department for a meeting at Raj Bhavan on Thursday," she mentioned. The Governor thanked the chief minister for his gesture.

Tamilisai requested officials to reduce the gap between demand and supply of the blood by ensuring availability of stocks in blood banks keeping in view of recent incidence of dengue cases in Telangana.

Special Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari has informed the Governor about the implementation of State's flagship health programmes like KCR Kits, Kanti Velugu and Jeevandhara.

She gave an overview of the Medical department, vital health indicators, basic statistics of hospitals, health facilities available for the poor and needy through a PowerPoint presentation.

Tamilisai appreciated the benefits of Aarogyasri, KCR Kits and Kanti Velugu and other State sponsored schemes. "I had discussed these schemes at Governor's conference recently held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi," she said.