Telangana doing better than national average on COVID treatment: KTR
The Hindu
Don’t depend on WhatsApp experts for medical advice, Minister advises the public
IT and Industries Minister K.T. Rama Rao shared administrative decisions and also his personal experience in dealing with coronavirus in Telangana, and asked the people to rely on genuine medical assistance while strictly avoiding ‘WhatsApp Experts’. Mr. Rama Rao, who went live on social media platform Twitter and interacted directly with people through “Let’s do an #AskKTR session exclusively on all COVID related issues”, explained various measures initiated by the government to tackle the pandemic. Reacting to wishes from the Twitterati on his well-being after his recovery from COVID-19, he asked people not to self-medicate, follow the advice of medical experts, stop watching negative news on TV channels and stop relying on WhatsApp expertise. Exercise and stay strong mentally was his advice. The Minister was bombarded with questions on vaccination and shortage of medicines while some personally requested for the same. He agreed on the vaccine availability challenge, but said Telangana was doing better compared to national average. He also shared a chart which mentioned Telangana’s vaccination performance (per million population) at 1,41,939. On the improvement of medical infrastructure in Telangana, he said that the oxygen beds alone were 9,213 in September 2020 which have gone up to 20,739 in May 2021.More Related News