Officials told to get cracking on TS Health Profile pilot
The Hindu
Health, demographic details of Mulugu, Rajanna-Sircilla residents to be collected
A deadline has been set for the launch of Telangana Health Profile on pilot basis in Mulugu and Rajanna-Sircilla district. Health Minister T. Harish Rao, who held a meeting with senior officials of the department on Monday, has instructed them to launch the project in the first week of December.
Health details, including blood pressure readings, sugar levels, weight, diseases, etc., of every person in the two districts would be collected for profiling. Aadhaar number and demographic details will also be gathered. Health teams will go door to door for the purpose.
The officials informed Mr Harish Rao that the details collected will be used to assess risk to health, which will lead to detection of people at high risk. Thereafter, required medical services will be provided to them.
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