Attendants of patients undergoing treatment at all the 18 government hospitals in the twin cities will be provided food thrice a day at a subsidised price of ₹5 each from May 12, said Health Minister T. Harish Rao on Friday. He added that the construction of shelter homes is also being expedited at those public health facilities.
The government will subsidise the meal cost by picking up ₹23 tab and taking ₹5 from the attendants, with space provided for seating. Design for shelter homes for attendants in the four new super speciality hospitals coming up at Sanath Nagar, L.B. Nagar, Gachibowli and Alwal has been built into the construction plan itself so that the attendants coming from far-flung places do not sleep on footpaths.
Ten radiology labs providing free diagnostic tests like ultra-sound, 2D Echo and mammograms will also be thrown open to the public within a week and two more later this month linked to ‘Basti Dawakhanas’, Mr Harish Rao told a press conference at the Koti Maternity Hospital
