Out of four lakh cataract surgeries performed in Telangana, only 25,000 are done in government hospitals.
In this context, Health Minister Harish Rao directed the superintendents of all Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad (TVVP) hospitals to ensure that the number increases to one lakh.
The performance of these hospitals was reviewed at a meeting held by the Health Minister on Wednesday. Sanitation, orthopaedic surgeries, number of C-Sections, and other medical services offered at the hospitals, were discussed at the meeting. The need to increase long bone surgeries was discussed too.