Telangana, the youngest State of India which came into existence barely in 2014, is drawing much attention due to its various futuristic schemes that are winning accolades from far and wide. Little is known about how this State is building a consolidated healthcare ecosystem for all, writes Sudheer Goutham of Elets News Network (ENN).
The State is driven by the vision of developing a ‘Healthy Telangana’ through an effective and ideal Healthcare Model.
With a mission to ensure -- ‘Good Health for All’ -- Telangana is fast emerging as a leader in the country by implementing various first-of-its-kind and effective healthcare initiatives.
While announcing a health programme in the State, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao recently said, “Health profile of entire Telangana state through health check-up of every citizen of the State, starting from the Governor to the last man will be created.”
“Irrespective of the income, caste, creed or religion, every citizen of the State can avail the annual holistic health check-up,” he added.
Telangana State has rolled out some of the finest healthcare programmes that are being appreciated and adapted by the governments across the country, while some of them are even being included in the National Health Mission Programmes.
While underlining the Telangana Government’s work and plans in the area of healthcare, Dr S K Joshi, Chief Secretary of the State, asserted, “It’s the aim of the Telangana Government to take improved healthcare delivery to every household in an affordable manner. In this wake, Telangana Government has taken a slew of measures to boost healthcare delivery system.”
“Our Aarogyasri, Kanti Velugu and ‘KCR Kit’ are the examples of our commitment. In this regard many more initiatives are in the offing,” Dr Joshi added.
After the formation of the Telangana State on June 2, 2014, the new government invented, revamped and introduced innovative healthcare programmes.
This story is from the February 2019 edition of eHEALTH.
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