Minister for Health and Finance T. Harish Rao has condemned the comments of Governor on the public health system in the State made during an event organised in Raj Bhavan on Thursday to celebrate completion of her three years in office and said they amounted to hurting the morale of doctors since the Governor is a doctor herself.
Speaking at a meeting of ASHA (accredited social health activist) and ANM (auxiliary nursing midwifery) workers’ meet at Tandur in Vikarabad district on Friday. he sought to know why the Governor was reacting when the State Government was criticising the Centre. The public health system in the State had developed enormously after formation of the State, he stated and suggested that the Governor visit the Bibinagar AIIMS once where not even basic facilities had been provided so far by the Centre.
He ridiculed the Governor’s comment that the public health services were not good in the State and reminded her that the Centre had complimented the State on several occasions for its exemplary performance in improving several health indicators. He pointed out that Telangana was at the top in reducing maternal and infant mortality rates and no other BJP-ruled State had achieved such progress.
