Thiruvananthapuram: Health Minister Veena George said here on Monday that the Ministry of Health will launch a special scheme to reduce lifestyle diseases among people.
The Minister handles the audience after the inauguration of online from the renovated mother and child and modern operating cinema at Parassala Hospital Taluk markers.
This scheme aims to reduce the risk of diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol and other related diseases.
Medical examinations will be held for people above the age group 30.
It will help reduce risk factors, the Minister said.
To reduce disease, every perfix will be selected from 140 constituencies.
This scheme will be implemented in three Panchayats in the coming year and will be completed in all Panchayats and local bodies in the third year, he said.
In addition, the Ministry of Health has decided to prepare a special cancer care list, the Minister added.
The construction of the mother and child block in the hospital is completed in two phases at a cost of Rs 3.15 Crore.
The ground floor of the building includes a consultation room and the waiting room.
The first floor includes two cinema surgery, labor and ward.
The second floor is a children’s ward.
The ambulance flag ceremony with modern facilities was also carried out in its functions, led by MLA C K Haredran.
Ministry of Health to launch a scheme to reduce lifestyle diseases
