May 06, 2021, 14:40 IST
As per the orders of Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, a door-to-door survey has been taken up in the GHMC limits. A total of 641 teams, comprising field-level workers from the GHMC and the Health Department, covered 40,000 households in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits.
A total of 1,487 individuals were found to have fever and other Covid-19 symptoms. The individuals were given Covid kits and have been advised to stay in home isolation.
The teams of field level workers comprise an Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM), an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA), and an official from the Entomology wing of the GHMC.
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Inside visual of a mini hub set up to provide basic diagnostic facilities free of cost to the poor in Telangana.
Telangana launches mini hubs for free diagnosis of the poor ANI | Updated: Jan 22, 2021 14:17 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 22 (ANI): To provide basic diagnostic facilities free of cost to the poor, Telangana government has launched pathology labs called mini hubs across Hyderabad.
Key diagnostic services like ultrasonography (USG), radiology services like X-Ray, basic cardiology tests like ECG (Electrocardiography), will be provided in the mini hubs.
While talking to the media Home Minister Mahmood Ali said, Chief Minister of Telangana, K Chandrashekhar Rao has been working hard especially for the last three months in developing Basthi Dawakhana through which thousands of people are getting quality and free treatment. But whenever a patient is prescribed a test, the patient either goes