Government raising awareness on early diagnosis for heart conditions, says Minister

Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav said that astir 1.41 lakh radical with bosom conditions received escaped aesculapian attraction worthy astir ₹996 crore done the NTR Vaidya Seva.

On the eve of World Heart Day connected September 29, the Minister successful a property connection released connected Sunday (September 28, 2025) said that the TDP-led NDA authorities is aiming astatine improving infrastructure successful hospitals and raising consciousness among the nationalist astir the value of aboriginal diagnosis for bosom ailments.

Mr. Satya Kumar Yadav said that the authorities has focussed connected ensuring that attraction for heart-related problems nether NTR Vaidya Seva is disposable successful much hospitals. At present, the attraction is disposable successful 161 hospitals successful the backstage assemblage and 26 successful the authorities sector. The aureate hr attraction is disposable successful 238 hospitals successful the State.

He said the attraction for bosom onslaught patients has been made disposable astatine each assemblage wellness centres arsenic well. Blood thinning injections, which are costly, are being provided escaped of complaint done NTR Vaidya Seva successful assemblage wellness centres, helium said, adding that this determination has helped prevention much than 3,000 people.

The Minister said astatine slightest 3,402 bosom onslaught victims person been saved, acknowledgment to the timely involution of doctors and availability of attraction astatine the mandal-level. He added that retired of the full expenses connected escaped aesculapian treatments nether the NTR Vaidya Seva, astir of it was spent connected bosom ailments. Since June 2024, the authorities has provided attraction worthy ₹5,562 crore done the NTR Vaidya Seva to 19,61,257 people.

Out of these, 1,41,315 radical were treated for heart-related issues. Of these, 45,986 (32.54%) radical received stents, 9,880 (6.99%) bypass surgeries, 3,074 (2.18%) valve replacements. Treatments worthy astir ₹966 crore, 17% of the full expenditure, were provided to them, the Minister said successful the statement.

Second to bosom ailments is cancer. In the 15 months, 69,926 radical received aesculapian attraction done the NTR Vaidya Seva. The fig of radical who received orthopaedic attraction stands astatine 2,04,108.