Hyderabad: Third Telangana in terms of per capita expenditure for health care in this country, after Himachal Pradesh and Kerala, according to the latest report by the center.
At RS 6,000 Crore, Telangana also has one of the highest health budgets among different countries.
According to the report submitted at Rajya Sabha, Himachal Pradesh spent Rs 3,177 per person in Healthcare, Kerala spent RS 2,272 while Telangana spent Rs 1,698.
When it comes to out-of-pocket expenditures for health care (expenditure that must be used by people to use paid services in private health facilities) Telangana is in 9th position.
People in Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana and AP must spend more to utilize personal services than in Telangana, according to the report.
After the establishment of the Telangana State, the health service budget was raised from Rs 3,800 Crore (for all APs that were not divided) to RS 6,000 Crore, which provided encouragement for health care infrastructure such as the Primary Health Center (PHCS), Basthi Diagnostic Equipment (Diagnostic Telangana) .
Large components are spent on the Aaryogasri scheme.
“For small circumstances such as Telangana, RS 6,000 Crore is a good budget.
We spend a lot of things to improve infrastructure and supplies of medicines.
Also because the health department is basically a HR department, focusing on doctors, nurses or paramedics, many Spinning spending around them.
We also spent a very good amount of Aarogyasri, Diagnostics and Telangana drugs.
Too late, additional budgets of Rs 10,000 Crore are being mobilized for new medical colleges, “said Dr.
G Srinivasa Rao, Director of Public Health, Telangana.
Among countries that spend little per capita expenditure is Bihar with Rs 556 per person, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh with RS 801 and Madhya Pradesh with RS 980
Telangana spends Rs 1,698 per capita on health
