Telangana To Get 19 Free Diagnostic Centres In 19 Districts

In these 19 free diagnostic centres, 57 tests would be conducted which includes free Covid-19 tests

Telangana CM KCR to inaugurate free diagnostic centres in state on Wednesday.

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is set to inaugurate free diagnostic centres in 19 districts on Wednesday (June 9) with the availability of state-of-art facilities, claimed the Telangana government. In these diagnostic centres, 57 tests would be conducted which includes free Covid-19 tests.

CM Sri KCR to inaugurate Diagnostic Centres in the major Government hospitals in 19 identified district headquarters in the state on June 7th. In these Diagnostic centres, 57 tests would be conducted which include tests for Corona at free of cost. pic.twitter.com/FqieTCIy3a

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The CM consulted with the health officials in some of the districts to under the situation of Covid cases. KCR directed the medical officers from — Mahabubnagar, Nizamabad, Sangareddy, Medak, Janagam, Mulugu, Mahabubabad, Bhadradri Kottagudem, Jagityala, Siddipet, Nalgonda, Khammam, Sirisilla, Vikarabad, Nirmal, Karimnagar, Adilabad, Gadwal and Asifabad — districts start working for the upcoming free diagnostic centres.

The aim of the government is to make medical services available to people of remote villages in the state for free of cost, said the CM. With the scare of Covid spreading across the hinterlands of the state, this free diagnostic centre would help people getting aware of Covid and its implications on their lives. In the wake of Covid-19, the infrastructure has been improved in many govt hospitals, the CM added.

These diagnostic centres will conduct a total of 57 tests including Covid-19, blood tests, urine tests, X-rays, biochemistry and Pathology tests for BP, diabetes, heart disease, liver, kidney, and Thyroid.

Setting up of these diagnostic centres would reduce the burden of people who cannot afford the private hospitals, and with tests for Covid-19 being a costly affair in the private hospitals, these free diagnostics would encourage the poor to take health care. The patients attending these free diagnostic centres would be getting free ambulance services and the reports could be sent to patients phone numbers, he noted.