Governor calls for a concrete health plan for State

Hon’ble Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday called for a concrete health plan to reduce the deaths related to many preventable diseases.

She said that it was important to have a time-bound action plan to realise the goal of TB-Mukth Telangana State by the year 2024.

The Governor was interacting with the eminent medical professionals on health issues and initiatives at Raj Bhavan, here.

Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan exhorted the NGOs, activists, families, friends, and all other members of the society to take part in the TB-Mukth Telangana campaign and support the patients in their fight against the disease.

Highlighting the importance of sustained initiatives to prevent the anaemia among the vulnerable people including women and tribals, she stated that the consumption of local made Mahualaddu, which is full of nutritional values, is one of the effective solutions to prevent the malnutrition.

Referring to the increasing number of breast cancer, she said that early detection and massive promotion of diagnostic tests would help identify the cases and offer effective treatment thus avoiding the high incidence of mortality.

Promoting awareness, carrying out preventive tests, and maintaining cancer registries are vital to manage the explosion of cases.

The Governor also suggested the preventive and regular health checkups from the school level to the university level were vital in identifying the complications like the poor eyesight, cardio vascular diseases, and renal failures and offering them effective treatment early.

Eminent breast cancer specialist Dr. Raghu Ram, Devnar school for the visually challenged founder Dr. Sai Baba Goud, TB specialist Dr. Sudheer Prasad, and Ravi Helios founder Dr. Vijay BhaskarGoud were among those who interacted with the Governor on health initiatives.

Dr. Raghu Ram submitted a detailed roadmap to the Governor highlighting the prevention and fight against the breast cancer in the State.

-Press note