Health Minister T Harish Rao Says Telangana To Have More Cath Labs Soon

The Telangana Health Minister Mr. T. Harish Rao, announced additional Cath labs in Telangana, to strengthen emergency cardiology services for needy patients.

Mr. T. Harish Rao said the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Government is in the process to add cath labs in tertiary teaching hospitals not only in Hyderabad but across the State.  The announcement came after the recent launch of Cath lab facilities at the Osmania General Hospital (OGH,) Government general hospitals in Adilabad, Vikarabad and Khammam.  Now, the TRS Government would soon launch the same cath labs facility at the state government run hospitals in Mahabubnagar and Siddipet in the coming days.

Mr. T. Harish Rao said, “Modernisation of medical infrastructure in Government hospitals is underway on par with corporate hospitals.  The Telangana Government is incurring an expenditure of Rs. 11, 440 crores annually to ensure quality health care services are available to poor patients. We are also in the process of starting five medical colleges, which will increase the total number of government medical colleges to 17 in Telangana.” 

The statement was made during the inauguration of a high end medical imaging equipment at Medicover Cancer Institute, Hitech City.  During the inauguration, Mr. T. Harish Rao urged hospitals to take up more procedures under Aarogyasri Health Insurance and assured that the state government would not delay the process of clearing pending medical bills of private hospitals under the health insurance scheme.

Mr. T. Harish Rao said, “We have the responsibility of providing quality health care services to poor patients, especially for diseases like cancer where the treatment expenses are expected to be high.” 

The officials of the Telangana Health Department and officials of the Medicover Cancer Institute Hospital were also present at the inauguration event.

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