Telangana Diagnostics Hub to boost public healthcare: Minister

The state-of-the-art laboratory in Khammam will conduct as many as 57 types of biochemistry, pathology and microbiology tests

The public healthcare infrastructure, including the bed strength in the government hospitals in the old undivided Khammam district, is poised to expand manifold with the sanction of 100-bed hospitals each in Sattupalli and Madhira as well as the Government Medical College in Kothagudem, said Transport Minister P Ajay Kumar. He was speaking after inaugurating a state-of-the-art laboratory christened as Telangana Diagnostics Hub in the District Headquarters Hospital here on Wednesday. The modern laboratory will offer free diagnostic services on a hub-and-spoke model. It will conduct a range of as many as 57 types of biochemistry, pathology and microbiology tests. Talking to mediapersons at the hospital premises along with Khammam MP Nama Nageswara Rao, the Minister said the Telangana diagnostic labs were set up in the district headquarters hospitals in Khammam and Kothagudem and elsewhere in the State at a cost of ₹ 1.50 crore each to offer free diagnostic services to needy patients. To help people living in semi-urban and rural areas gain access to modern diagnostic services, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to add cancer detection equipment, 2D Echo, ECG, ultrasound and mammography devices to the Telangana diagnostic hubs, Mr Ajay said.