Dialysis centres at district, taluk hospitals to be set up at the cost of ₹92 crore
Dialysis centres at district and taluk hospitals will be set up at the cost of ₹92 crore across the State.
The free dialysis facility being provided to poor patients will now be improvised. The quality of service will be upgraded by installing single-use dialyzers in all district and taluk hospitals. With this, the existing 173 dialysis centres in the state will be increased to 219. For this, a total of Rs 92 crore has been set aside.
Already 23 PHCs have been upgraded to CHCs to strengthen the health system in rural areas. Rs 70 crores have been earmarked to provide the necessary equipment and human resources for theses CHCs.
A program for comprehensive screening, treatment, awareness raising and capacity building of health workers will be implemented. To address anaemia and malnutrition among newborns, children, adolescents, pregnant women, mothers and women in reproductive age in the State, Rs 25 crores have been set aside.
The State had last year taken up a unique project called “Brain Health Initiative’‘ in three districts to promote brain health care services in collaboration with Nimhans. After successful pilot implementation of this scheme, it will now be expanded to the entire State at a cost of Ra 25 crore on the hub and spoke model.
To ensure eye health, the “Ashakirana’‘ campaign will be taken up. Under this, eye camps, distribution of spectacles and cataract surgery activities will be conducted in all districts of the state in a phased manner.
Community-based screening activities will be undertaken for early detection of tuberculosis among the vulnerable sections of the society. As a pilot in eight districts of the state, two Hand Held X-ray machines will be provided to each district. At the cost of Rs 20 lakh per X-ray machine, a total of Rs 3 crore will be provided.
A comprehensive screening program will be implemented in eight districts of four divisions of the state to detect diabetes and hypertension and deliver essential medicines to their doorsteps.
In memory of late actor Puneeth Rajkumar, Automated External Defibrillators (AED) will be installed in district hospitals and taluk hospitals to prevent sudden cardiac deaths and Rs 6 crore have been set aside for this.
15 CT scanning and six MRI scanning centres in the state have already been set up in some district hospitals under public-private partnership, providing free laboratory services. These services will be extended to all district hospitals in the state.
As the state is already a leader in information technology, it aims to become a major hub in the adoption of health technology innovations. In this regard, the Karnataka Health Technology Laboratory will be established at a cost of Rs.8 crore.
Karnataka Digital Health Society will be established to implement the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission Plan and all other internet initiatives of the Department including digitization of health records in the State.