Harish Rao, Telangana Minister for Finance, Health, Medical and Family Welfare said that Aasara pensions are being given to five thousand dialysis patients across the state
Hyderabad:
Telangana Minister for Finance, Health, Medical and Family Welfare T Harish Rao, on Tuesday, participated in distribution of Aasara Pension Cards to dialysis patients at Indian Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Vengalarao Nagar, Hyderabad.
Harish Rao said that Aasara pensions are being given to five thousand dialysis patients across the state and Identity cards were being given to them on Tuesday.
Harish said “I am very happy that Chief Minister KCR is providing an Aasara pension to dialysis patients, I am thankful to him. Telangana State is the only state in the country that provides pensions to dialysis patients. This was possible only under the leadership of the Chief Minister. The government has allocated 100 crores in the budget for kidney patients. Telangana is the only first state to introduce a single use filter for dialysis patients.”
“There were only 3 dialysis centres in Hyderabad. After formation of Telangana state, we increased it to 103. We have set up dialysis centres at 83 places in the districts. After the formation of the state, about 700 crores were spent on kidney patients. We are doing up to 150 kidney transplants per year in government hospitals free of charge by giving 10 lakhs,” he added.