NIRF initiative to improve teaching quality in AP medical colleges
Vijayawada:AP health department has directed government medical colleges in the state to participate in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) to improve the quality of teaching in AP and compete with other leading medical colleges in the country.
This is part of the 12 initiatives taken up by the health department in the last six months to improve medical care in the state.
In this regard, the health department led by health minister Satya Kumar Yadav submitted a report of its performance during the last six months to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday.
According to the report, the health department took up universal cancer screening and covered 33,58,347 persons. Of them, 29,469 women are suspected of having cancer and have been sent for further examination and treatment.
Under Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), meant to screen 70 lakh students for various diseases and deformities, 488 surgeries have been performed and other interventions taken up.
Action has been initiated to set up three city diagnostic centres at Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati.
The department has taken up an e-ICU initiative for the benefit of people living in remote and tribal areas, while ‘Gundeku Bharosa (STEMI) programme has been extended all over the state involving 22 big hospitals to provide critical heart care in the golden hour.
Budget allocation has been enhanced to over ₹84 crore for AYUSH department, while there is a plan to set up chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear medical management centre at the Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences.
Ten critical care blocks with 75 beds each have been taken up in the state at a cost of ₹230 crore. A Metropolitan Surveillance Unit is being set up at an expenditure of ₹20 crore at the Guntur Government Hospital. Jan Aushadhi outlets will be set up at 25 teaching and district hospitals in the first phase.
