The State Government on Saturday claimed that it has revitalised and strengthened the 104 FDHS programme in rural areas of all 22 districts.
According to Commissioner of Health & Family Welfare, in the revised FDHS programme Medical officers along with public health and paramedical staff conducts the clinics in the villages previously these clinics were conducted by only paramedics. The new services like Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services, Immunization, Prevention of Communicable and Non communicable diseases, water quality analysis are added at Fixed Day Health Clinic at villages.
The Commissioner said that now the pregnant women were being examined at their villages by the medical officers, lab investigations for chronic diseases like hypertension, diabetes would be conducted at villages and treatment to patients starts immediately under supervision of medical officers.
Citing an instance, he said that the clinics at Jagriyala village of Regode Mandal of Medak district were being operated without medical officers before revitalization. After revitalization, the medical officer Dr Sandhya attends the clinics in the village and 41 ante natal cases are examined. The villages are being regularly monitored by Dr. Sandhya every month. Dr. Sandhya identified two high risk anti natal cases and referred them to District hospital well in advance resulting in reducing maternal mortality and infant mortality. The number of beneficiaries increased two fold. The number of types of medicines utilized at clinics increased from 24 to 42 .The average cost of medicines utilized by MHU per month is increased from Rs 17,000 to Rs 40,000. (INN)