Karnataka govt to set up day-care chemotherapy centre in each district
Bengaluru: Setting up day-care chemotherapy centres in each district, providing digital mammography machines to 20 district hospitals, colposcopy machines to KC general hospital in Bengaluru and others in districts are among the announcements for the health sector from the Karnataka budget on Friday.
Presenting the 2024-25 budget in the Assembly, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said state-of-the-art Critical Care Blocks (CCB) will be set up in each district to provide better healthcare to patients suffering from critical illness. Construction has already started in 15 districts.
In the current year, work will be taken up in Udupi, Davanagere, Vijayapura, Mysuru, Mandya, Dharwad and Koppal districts at a cost of Rs 187 crore. CCBs will be set up in the remaining nine districts in the next year, the chief minister said.
He further said that 100-bedded taluka hospitals will be constructed at a cost of Rs 280 crore in Anekal, Nelamangala, Hoskote, Shringeri, Khanapura, Shirahatti and Yelandur talukas. Announcing a grant of Rs 75 crore for repairs and renovation of dilapidated buildings, he said the Mother and Child Hospital building and other infrastructure facilities at the premises of KC General Hospital here will be taken up at a cost of Rs 150 crore.
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In order to provide 24x7 emergency healthcare services to rural people, 25 PHCs will be upgraded to Community Health Centres (CHC) at a cost of Rs 350 crore over the next two years. In the current year, 15 CHCs will be operationalised, the chief minister said.
Forty-six new PHCs will be set up through Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board at a cost of Rs 221 crore. As many as 6,493 Health and Wellness Centres have been established to provide quality health care services in rural areas. In the current year, Rs 130 crore will be provided for the construction of 199 health and wellness centres. Since there are no chemotherapy treatment centres in most of the districts for providing treatment and for continuous follow-up to cancer patients, a Day-Care Chemotherapy Centre will be set up in each district with Rs 20 crore, Siddaramaiah said.
For early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer and cervical cancer that are increasing among women, digital mammography machines will be provided to 20 district hospitals and Colposcopy machines will be provided to KC General Hospital and district hospitals of Udupi, Kolar and Davanagere at a cost of Rs 21 crore, he added.
In the next two years, STEMI (Severe Heart Attack) treatment will be extended through Hub-and-Spoke model to all the taluka hospitals.
Also, Rs 32 crore will be provided for the procurement of thrombolytic drugs for the treatment of STEMI and stroke.
An Inquiry Commission has been set up to conduct a judicial inquiry into the serious allegations made in the Public Accounts Committee Report of 2021 regarding management of Covid-19 pandemic, the chief minister announced. Necessary action will be taken based on the report of the Commission, he said.
The Chief Minister said Rs 20 crore will be provided in the next two years to set up 430 laboratories to provide affordable and qualitative laboratory service for residents of Bengaluru. Integrated and Public Health Laboratory (IPHL) will be set up in each of the district hospitals in the next four years to provide qualitative and affordable laboratory services.
IPHLs will be set up in Chikkamagaluru, Vijayanagar, Shivamogga, Belagavi, Mandya, Hassan and Kodagu districts in the current year and in Chitradurga, Bagalakote, Chamarajanagara, Bidar, Koppal, Raichur, Kalaburagi,Uttara Kannada and Gadag during 2025-26, he said. Apart from this, taluka level block Public health laboratories will be established in Hunagunda, Sirsa and Hagaribommanahalli during this year. A total grant of Rs 11 crore will be provided towards this purpose, Siddaramaiah announced.
One Ayurveda diabetes unit each would be set up in the four divisions of the state to provide Ayush treatment to the public for control of diabetes, he said.
Since there are no blood storage units in first referral units of many districts of north Karnataka, it is becoming difficult to supply blood during an emergency. To overcome this, 50 new blood storage units will be established in the next two years, the chief minister said.
Siddaramaiah said Rs six crore will be provided for procurement of 87 True-Nat machines for screening of tuberculosis in PHCs for eliminating tuberculosis by 2025. Also, a grant of Rs 400 crore will be provided for construction and purchase of equipment for medical colleges and Rs 130 crore will be provided for construction of super speciality hospitals, he added. The existing 40-bedded Nephro-Urology hospital in Mysuru will be upgraded to a 100-bed hospital and a Child Health Care unit will be set up in Kalaburagi Medical College hospital with technical assistance from Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Siddaramaiah said.
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TN polls: TVK pushes DMK behind with leads in 83 seats, AIADMK ahead in 54
Chennai (PTI): New entrant TVK, led by actor-politician Vijay, was leading in as many as 83 constituencies on Monday when counting of votes polled in the April 23 Assembly polls was on across Tamil Nadu. The AIADMK was leading in 58 seats while the ruling DMK was ahead in 34, EC data showed.
About two hours after the postal ballots were counted and EVMs opened for multi-round counting, Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam surged ahead of its Dravidian rivals-- the DMK and the AIADMK, with the ruling party struggling to catch up.
If the trends maintain, Vijay could as well ensure the biggest electoral upset, something in lines with the "1967,1977" wins he had referred to in his campaign speeches.
While the Dravidian stalwart CN Annadurai brought the first non-Congress government in Tamil Nadu post-independence in 1967, the charismatic MG Ramachandran (MGR) installed the maiden AIADMK government 10 years later, unseating then DMK government under M Karunanidhi. TVK was leading in most Chennai segments, all considered DMK strongholds and currently represented by the party in the 234-member House.
A poor show by DMK could belie most exit polls giving an edge to it, riding on the number of populist measures Chief Minister M K Stalin had implemented in his five year "Dravidian model," inclusive governance.
According to EC and TV reports, 15 cabinet ministers, including Stalin were trailing. His son and deputy CM Udhayanidhi was also behind in his incumbent Chepauk-Tirvuvallikeni seat, according to a number of reports.
Stalin was trailing behind TVK's VS Babu by 1234 votes in Kolathur segment. Vijay was ahead in Tiruchirappalli East by over 3,000 votes at the end of two rounds of counting, according to EC data.
BJP is trailing in 26 constituencies and it is ahead in Thali segment alone. TVK is ahead in constituencies including Ponneri, Tiruvallur, Poonamalle, and Avadi.
AIADMK is leading in segments including Katpadi, and Guidyattam and party chief Edappadi K Palaniswami is ahead in Edappadi segment by 7003 votes.
DMK was leading in segments including Vellore, Anaikattu and Rishivandiyam.
