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Dinesh Gundu Rao launches ‘Puneet Rajkumar Hrudaya Jyoti’ scheme in Dharwad

Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao addressing the gathering after launching the ‘Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar Heart Health scheme” (Hrudaya Jyoti) in Dharwad on Friday. (Source: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT)

Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao has said that the State government had launched the ‘Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar Heart Health scheme (Hrudaya Jyoti)‘ to cater to the cardiac health care needs of the poor and general public. It was the first scheme of its kind in the entire country.

Inaugurating the State-level launch programme of the scheme in Dharwad on Friday, Mr. Rao said that the government had launched the scheme in memory of actor and philanthropist Puneeth Rajkumar to provide emergency treatment and healthcare facilities for cardiac patients.

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