Telangana to strengthen secondary healthcare, ensure specialist services in every district: Health Minister

Hyderabad, Nov 9 (UNI) Telangana Health Minister Damodara Raja Narasimha on Monday said the State government was committed to making all essential medical services accessible to people within their respective districts by strengthening Community Health Centres (CHCs), Area Hospitals and District Hospitals. Addressing a high-level review meeting at the Secretariat on the proposed reorganisation of the Directorate of Secondary Healthcare (Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad - TVVP), the Minister reviewed the recommendations of a study report prepared by the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). He said strengthening secondary healthcare infrastructure, specialist services, diagnostic facilities and medical staffing would reduce the…