134 Tests To Be Available In Basti Dawakhanas From March

Hyderabad: Minister for Medical, Health and Family Welfare and Finance, T. Harish Rao informed the assembly that from March, 134 tests would be made available in Basti Dawakhanas across the state. This was against the 57 tests available now.

In reply to a question raised by BRS members KP Vivekanand, B. Ganesh, and K. Chander, harish Raosaid even expensive tests like Lipid profile and thyroid tests were being conducted in Basti Dawakhanas. “So far about 1.48 lakh Lipid profiles worth Rs. 12 crores and 1.8 lakh thyroid tests worth Rs. 8 crores have been conducted in Basti Dawakhanas free of cost, he said.

With the establishment of Basti Dawakhanas, the pressure on the outpatient service at Gandhi Hospital, Osmania hospital, and Niloufer Hospital had come down considerably. The outpatient number in Osmania Hospital which was 12 lakh during 2019 had come down to 5 lakhs in 2022, while in Gandhi Hospital, it had come down to 3.70 lakhs from 6 lakhs, and in Niloufer Hospital from 8 lakhs to 5.3 lakhs,

He said the State government had sanctioned 496 Basti Dawakhanas, out of which 345 were functioning while the balance 151 would start operations from March. About 264 Basti Dawakhanas were functioning in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, 36 in Hyderabad urban agglomeration, and 45 in different municipalities. (Maxim News)

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