BRS slams Cong for neglecting public health

Accusing the Congress government in Telangana of grave neglect and apathy towards public health, the BRS has alleged that expired medicines were being distributed to patients from Basti Dawakhanas or urban health clinics and the medical staff had not been paid for more than four months. BRS working president KT Rama Rao had given a call to BRS leaders and cadres to visit the Basti Dawakhanas in the city.

The Basti Dawakhanas scheme had been introduced by the previous BRS government under K Chandrasekhar Rao to address the gaps in public health, particularly in urban areas and provided free medical care to the economically backward population. These were modelled on the medical clinics introduced by the previous AAP government in Delhi. The BRS had established 450 urban health clinics across the state.

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BRS working president KT Rama Rao, who visited a Basti Dawakhanas in Khairtabad, said that the Congress government has totally failed, pointing out that staff complained to him that their salaries were delayed for four months.

Rao said, “The staff at several Basti Dawakhanas have not been paid for four months. These centres are supposed to have 108 essential medicines, but the government has failed to ensure adequate supply.”

BRS spokesperson Manne Krishank, who visited Rasoolpoora clinic in Secunderabad, allegedly found that expired medicines were being given to the patients. While checking the date of expiry, he claimed that the medicines given to the patients were outdated by three months.

The BRS has also alleged that the current government has not completed the remaining 10% of work on the four Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) projects.

Slamming the Congress government, Rao said that unless the government focuses on public health and sanitation, the BRS will organise large-scale protests in front of the TIMS hospitals.