Hyderabad, Jun 9 :The Telangana Cabinet has decided to conduct a health profile of the people in the state.

The State Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister K Chandashekhar Rao on Tuesday, decided to take up a pilot project on the health profile of Telangana in Mulugu and Rajanna Siricilla districts.

It also decided to set up medical diagnostic Centres in 19 districts soon and also in other districts.

Besides setting up testing centres in Hyderabad, Warangal and Siddipet for allergy treatment, the Cabinet also decided to increase the dialysis units in the state following spurt in cases.

The Cabinet decided to set up Chemotherapy units in the district centres with all the facilities and to upgrade all the blood banks and set up new ones if need be.

It has instructed the medical and health department to appoint the required staff to create better facilities for Orthopedic, neurology and other specialties.

The Cabinet decided to construct 100-bedded hospitals in Sathupalli towns and Madhira and the existing hospitals to be converted into mother and childcare centres.

The present 50-bedded mother and child care centre in Suryapet would be upgraded to a 100-bedded hospital, it also decided to set up boarding centres in all the government hospitals for the attendants of the patients.

The Cabinet instructed the Medical and Health department officials to take measures on this immediately.

It decided to have the diagnostic tests for ECG, Digital X Ray, UltraSound, 2 D Echo as well as Mammogram for the detection of women for Cancer.

The Cabinet also instructed the medical and health department to make available courses like Nursing, Midwifery, Lab technician, Radiology and dialysis technical courses in the government medical colleges.

The Cabinet instructed the officials to be prepared with required medicines and treatment in the wake of reports that a third wave of Corona may hit the state.(UNI)