Hyderabad, March 26: Chief Minster K Rosaiah has said that the State Government was leaving no stone unturned to improve the facilities in Government hospitals in the State. Intervening during a debate on a main question of D Narendra Kumar (TDP) and others in the Question Hour in the State Assembly today, the Chief Minister remarked that if all the Government hospitals were well equipped, why then such a large number of hospitals come up in private sector. He said that the State Government allocated more funds for education and health in the 11th Plan.
He said that the people were under the illusion that private hospitals were better equipped than Government hospitals.
The Government was trying to dispel the misnomer, he added.
When, Opposition leader N Chandrababu Naidu protested against this, some Congress members disrupted him. Provoked by this, Naidu lost his cool and warned the Congress members.
Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy advised the members to maintain silence when the Chief Minister and the Opposition leader were speaking in the House.
Naidu said that they would welcome the Arogyasri scheme, but at the same time the Government should concentrate on improving the facilities in Government hospitals.
Arogyasri Minister P Satyanarayana said that the Government was considering the proposal to increase the funds for providing diet to the in-patients in the hospitals.
NO POLLUTION: Forest and Enviornment Minister P Ramachandra Reddy said that the groundwater was not polluted in and around Suraram area in Rangareddy district.
Replying to a question, the minister said that four tonnes of chemical waste was dumped by unidentified persons in Gajularamaram in January. The waste was found to contain various organic contaminants and drug residues.
However, there were no reports of illhealth of the public due to the dumping of the waste.
FISHING HARBOURS: Animal Husbandry Minister K Parthasarathi said that the Government had provided basic amenities like fishing harbours, landing centres, shore-based facilities, drying platforms, aqua labs at a cost of Rs 22.47 crore for coastal fishermen. He said the Government was also taking up schemes for cold chains, value additions and providing infrastructure for preservation of fish.
AUTONOMY TO VIMS: Medical Education Minister P Sudharshan Reddy informed V Ramakrishna Babu that the first phase construction of Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences at Visakhapatnam was taken up with an estimated cost of Rs 50 crore. The feasiblility of developing the instiute as an autonomous institution on the lines of Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences or Under PPP mode was being explored.
UNDERGROUND DRINAGE: Municipal Administration Minister A Ramanarayana Reddy said that only 40 to 50 per cent of Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam have been provided with underground drainage system. He said there was no proposal for providing underground drainage system for Guntur and Tanuku towns.
–Agencies