Naidu announces monthly health drives, wants to roll out ‘Sanjeevani’ project by July

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu connected Tuesday (March 31) called for a wide question to fortify preventive healthcare crossed the State and declared that each 4th Saturday volition beryllium observed arsenic ‘Swarna Andhra Population Management Day’. He besides wants to rotation retired the ‘Sanjeevani’ task by July.

Reviewing the Sanjeevani task astatine his campy office, the Chief Minister directed MPs, MLAs, Collectors and aesculapian officials to actively prosecute with radical from April done colony meetings, wellness camps and consciousness programmes to amended nationalist wellness outcomes.

Emphasising preventive care, Mr. Naidu acceptable a people to behaviour aesculapian tests for 5.64 cardinal radical successful a twelvemonth and instructed officials to guarantee that trial results are delivered to beneficiaries via WhatsApp wrong 48 hours.

Officials informed him that 904 mobile aesculapian units would beryllium required for the initiative, with an estimated outgo of ₹162 crore, which received the Chief Minister’s approval. So far, 3.14 lakh radical person been registered successful the Sanjeevani integer database.

The Chief Minister besides stressed the request for regularly updated idiosyncratic wellness records and highlighted that adopting practices similar yoga, due nutrition, meditation and pranayama tin importantly trim aboriginal wellness risks.

Mr. Naidu directed officials to survey improvements successful nationalist wellness successful Chittoor district, wherever the task is already being implemented successful Kuppam and Naravaripalle, and replicate palmy models crossed the State.

He besides asked officials to hole a broad ‘A.P. Health Management Policy’ based connected 5 pillars—Maternity, Strength, Skill, Welfare and Sanjeevani.

The Chief Minister reviewed plans for a Universal Health Policy done the NTR Vaidya Seva Trust, with officials stating that respective security companies are consenting to spouse nether the initiative.

He besides discussed establishing aesculapian colleges nether the public-private concern exemplary and directed officials that vacancies successful the Health Department should beryllium filled promptly done rationalisation.

Mr. Naidu emphasised the integration of pharmacy networks and laboratory services and said that Caesarean deliveries should beryllium conducted lone erstwhile medically necessary. If, however, specified cases transcend 20%, audits indispensable beryllium carried out, helium told the officials.

The reappraisal gathering was attended by Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav, Chief Secretary Sai Prasad and elder officials from the Health Department.