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Hyderabad, Date:07.10.2010
Health Department review
The Chief Minister Dr.K.Rosaiah approved a Project called ‘Sushrutha’ which intends to establish 22 State-of-the-Art Operation Theaters in a consolidated manner in one floor in Gandhi Hospital, Secunderabad with international standards and with high efficiencies.  Besides this a medical care unit with 100 beds would also been established on the same floor.  The Project also has the objective of creating a centre of excellence in surgical skills with a super speciality course in anesthesia and super-speciality para-medical and nursing courses.  The Project will be implemented on a "managed services model" at an estimated cost of about Rs.25 crores.

The Chief Minister reviewed the work of the HM&FW Department with the Minister for Medical Education, Mr.Sudarshan Reddy; Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Mr.D.Nagender and Minister for Aarogyasri, Mr.Pithani Satyanarayana were present besides the officials of the respective departments.

The Chief Minister has agreed to establish A.P. Health & Family Welfare Council to advise the Government on Policy, Strategy and Program Priorities similar to the National Council, comprising of Ministers of relevant departments, experts in the public health and officials under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister.

The status of Infectious Diseases is also reviewed and it is observed that there is an high incidence of Malaria, GE, H1N1 and Dengue compared to last year due to excess and protracted rainfall. Now the situation in the State is under control because of the steps taken by Health & Family Welfare department, the officials said.

The Chief Minister has directed to complete the recruitment of doctors and staff nurses as early as possible.  He has directed to establish District Vigilance and Monitoring Committees for effective monitoring and to enforce financial discipline in NRHM programs.  He also directed to complete the establishment of 360 Community Health & Nutrition Clusters (CHNC) by the end of December 2010.

The Chief Minister has directed to launch Jawahar Bala Arogya Raksha (program for School children) on 14 November 2010 and to cover 85 lakhs school children in all government schools.  He has also approved to establish ITDA Health Societies to provide comprehensive health services in tribal areas.

The Chief Minister has directed to make preparatory work for launching of National Urban Health Mission from 2011 – 12 by mapping of all urban health facilities, preparation of slum / city specific plans, forming of Community Organizations and Mahila Aarogya Samithis through SHGs in all urban areas of State.  He also directed for restructuring of Village Health and Sanitation Committees and Hospital Development Societies for effective planning and implementation of programs.

The status of the establishment of Visakhapatnam Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) was also presented and the options for operationalising the Project have been discussed in detail.

A framework for Public Private Partnership in the health sector was also presented by the Department.  The framework facilitates aims at attracting private investments into the health sector for enhancing the infrastructure in the existing facilities, besides establishing diagnostic and laboratory facilities.  It was decided to organise a workshop on the subject involving all stake holders so as to arrive at a consensus.

Advisor to CM Mr.P.K.Agarwal; Spl.C.S., M&H, Mr.J.Satyanarayana; Prl.Secretary, Finance, Mr.L.V.Subrahmanyam,  Secretary, Health, Dr.P.V.Ramesh, Commissioner, H&FW, Mrs.Y.Srilakshmi and CEO, Aarogyasri, Mr.A.Babu and other senior officials were present.