Ensure 4 lakh eye procedures every year, Harish Rao informs authorities

Hyderabad: Health Minister T Harish Rao on Wednesday guided authorities to make certain around 4 lakh cataract procedures are performed every year.

He made the statements while assessing the Vaidya Vidhana Parishad (VVP) job. Rao claimed the State had centers to use up 4 lakh procedures every year, however currently just 25,000 are being done.

“Officers should fix a target of one lakh operations in VVP hospitals. There should be eye check-up a week in every PHC and send patients to the area hospitals. All hospitals should perform cataract operations. The DMHOs should coordinate and ensure the operations are increased”, he mentioned.

The minister asked authorities to raise the lengthy bone surgical procedures and also NCD testing. “Hassle-free services should be provided to dialysis patients. The DCHs, T-diagnostics centres, dialysis centres, blood banks should take responsibility and ensure that there are no interruptions to services.

The minister asked officials to have blood separators, which would be helpful in providing blood to needy patients. “This will certainly likewise aid in dividing platelets and also be advantageous to individuals requiring certain blood teams. The government blood financial institutions encounter 25 percent blood lack. The lack was since there is no correct preparation in government medical facilities. On birthday celebrations of crucial leaders, blood contribution camps ought to be arranged including public agents”, he said.

Stating that a majority of doctors were working well; the government gets a bad name because of some”, he quipped and also asked physicians and also various other team not to forget tasks. “Even a small incident at a few places would lead to bad name to the government. Hence medical services should be provided to all without any negligence, advised Rao. Pointing out that surgeries under Arogyasri were low, he said this showed that people don’t have confidence in government hospitals or doctors. “Boost the self-confidence of individuals, be caring with them and also operate in a vibrant way; the government will certainly sustain you”, he claimed.