AP Medical and Health Department to be strengthened: Vidadala Rajini
In a regional review meeting, Health Minister Vidadala Rajini discussed various subjects like the family physician concept, village health clinics, urban health clinics, and more.
Health Minister Vidadala Rajini said the Medical and Health Department is being further strengthened in Andhra Pradesh.
She held a regional review meeting, along with Principal Secretary (Health) M.T. Krishna Babu, with officials of the Departments of Health and Family Welfare and Medical Education of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli, ASR, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam and Manyam districts, at the VMRDA Children’s Arena.
At the meeting, she said the ‘family physician’ concept launched in the state is a model worthy of emulation by other states in the country.
"The concept of family physician was introduced to provide better medical care to the people of rural areas," she added, as reported by The Hindu.
More details of the meeting
Other topics discussed in the meeting were - the family physician concept, village health clinics, urban health clinics, vector control hygiene measures, epidemic disease surveillance, NCD survey, facial recognition attendance, transportation of high-risk pregnant women, and anaemia among other things.
Medical college in Vizianagaram to be completed by March end
About the under-construction medical college in Vizianagaram, she said the construction will be completed by March end and the admissions and regular classes will start next academic year in the new medical college.
"17 medical colleges are under construction and once they start functioning, the public would get high-class medical facilities free of cost. Vizianagaram Medical College would get 150 MBBS seats next year," she said, as reported by The Hans India.
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