Karnataka Budget 2018: Arogya Karnataka Yojane for complete health

Team Udayavani, Feb 17, 2018, 9:38 AM IST

Bengaluru: Chief Minister has declared in the budget that the scheme will be executed to guarantee that primary, particular secondary and tertiary medications are accessible to each one in the state.

He said around 9,000 health centres will be set up by updating existing sub-centres. Upwards of 571 centres will be set up for this budgetary year. Non-epidemic ailments will be detected and treated at the primary health care centres utilizing particular innovation and treatment will be made accessible effortlessly without troubling the government and patients.

Siddaramaiah also said the quantity of outpatients, in-patients and labors will be shown every day in the public space to bring public accountability. To enhance the nature of health administrations, all major district and taluk hospitals will be ensured under NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers).

A state health committee will be set up to command arrangements and projects in health sectors and to keep an oversight on the viability of public health organizations and implementation of Karnataka Private Medical Establishment Act, 2017, he added.

The mental health care program will be reoriented and benefits furnished will be as per the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. The state will reinforce reproduction and child health  services by concentrating on reducing the infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate in the next seven years.