Telangana to establish 109 trauma centres along highways: Raja Narasimha

Metro India News | Hyderabad 

Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha stated that the government is establishing 109 trauma care centres equipped with all necessary facilities along national and state highways across the Telangana state.

The Minister, along with MLA Arikapudi Gandhi, laid the foundation stone for the construction of a 100-bed critical care block in Kondapur on Thursday.

Speaking on the occasion, Raja Narasimha said the government has launched a comprehensive Trauma Care Policy aimed at saving lives by immediately transporting victims of road accidents and other emergencies to hospitals. He said the State government is strengthening the emergency response system to ensure that help reaches the scene of a road accident or other emergency within ten minutes and as part of this initiative, it is increasing the number of (108) ambulances and establishing 31 Critical Care Blocks across the state.

The Minister said the government has already inaugurated Critical Care Blocks in Nizamabad, Nalgonda, Karimnagar, Mahabubabad, Jagtial, Sangareddy, Narayanpet, and Adilabad.

The construction of another 21 CCBs is currently underway. We will make all of them operational by the end of this year, he said.

The Minister stated that the State government has today laid the foundation stone for the construction of a 100-bed Critical Care Block in Kondapur, at a cost of Rs 41 crore and is taking measures to complete the construction as expeditiously as possible and to provide medical services equipped with state-of-the-art facilities.

"Health issues are on the rise within the IT corridor due to sedentary lifestyles. We are currently providing enhanced medical services to the local residents at the Kondapur Area Hospital. In the future, we will introduce even more advanced medical services.