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103 more Basti Dawakhanas in Hyderabad soon, says KTR
K T Rama Rao
The urban dispensaries have received a good response from the poor, says the Minister
Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K T Rama Rao has announced opening of some more Basti Dawakhanas (urban dispensaries) to provide medical services free of cost to the poor in Greater Hyderabad limits. Currently, 197 dispensaries were providing services the number will increase to 300 soon.
KTR held a review meeting on Basti Dawakhanas with officials and said that they received good responses from the poor, leading to an increased demand for a few more Dawakhanas. The Minister expressed happiness over the results of Basti Dawakhanas in providing primary health care to the urban poor. Basti Dawakhanas provide 53 kinds of free services such as OPD Consultation, basic lab diagnosis, free medicines, antenatal and postnatal care, services, and screening for non-communicable diseases such as BP, Blood sugar. Presently, each Basti Dawakhana is registering about 100 plus outpatients per day. And altogether, a total of 25 thousand citizens are receiving OP services through the Basti Dawakhanas per day.
Minister instructed the officials to ensure that every division which has a huge population of urban poor in GHMC limits should have one or more Basti Dawakhanas. He asked the officials to set up 100 more Basti Dawakhanas and make them operational within the coming two months. KTR also instructed the officials to set up Basti Dawakhanas at 2 BHK Dignity Housing Sites for the convenience of residents.
