TS Only State Implementing ‘KCR Kit’–Etela

Hyderabad, March 14 (Maxim News): Health Minister Etela Rajender said that 6,47,823 families were benefited in State under ‘KCR Kit’ scheme introduced for benefit pregnant women in State. A sum of Rs.826.50n crore was spent on this scheme till now.

The Minister said in reply to questions of members in the State Assembly here, that Telangana was he only State in the country which was arranging vehicles for taking pregnant women to Hospitals for delivery, making deliveries and giving KCR kit plus Rs.12,000 in case of birth of a male child and Rs.13,000 in case of female child and sending back the mother and child to their homes.

Etela said that following the implementation of the scheme, deliveries in Government hospitals in the State rose from 30 to 51 per cent. Adequate facilities and required staff are available in the Hospitals. About Rs.28 crore was spent for developing labour rooms and Rs.640.35 crore was spent on setting up of 39 Mother and child hospitals and providing necessary services therein. Photo therapy machines and other facilities were provided. In the Hospitals, 229 gynecologists, 208 anesthesia doctors, 205 children specialists and 1225 staff nurses and 1051 Deos were already appointed. Recently, sanction was given for nine more Mother and child welfare hospitals, he added. (Maxim News)