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The Hindu
15-06-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Free medical camp concludes in Nellore, 883 patients tested
As many as 883 patients underwent the required tests at the nine-day-long eye camp conducted at Vinjamur town of SPSR Nellore district by experts from Chennai-based Sankara Nethralaya. The camp was inaugurated by Udayagiri MLA Kakarla Suresh at YR Junior College on June 6 and concluded on Sunday (June 15). It was sponsored by Segu Sateesh, an NRI hailing from this region, and his family members Segu Subba Rao and Nirmala. Dr. Gajanand Kumar Varma, senior ophthalmologist from Sankara Nethralaya, said that a total of 887 people from the predominantly rural Vinjamur area had undergone eye test and 188 were selected for free eye surgeries in the modern mobile operation theatres brought all the way to the little town. Similarly, 45 patients were recommended to undergo eye surgeries at Chennai. Sankara Nethralaya's Public Relations Officer Ranjith Kumar acknowledged the munificence of the Segu family and appreciated BJP district former vice president Yellala Raghu Rami Reddy and Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Saikshik Mahasangh (ABRSM) State president Prof. Y.V. Rami Reddy for making arrangements for the eye camp.
Hans India
04-05-2025
- Health
- Hans India
Minister inaugurates dialysis centre in Vinjamuru mandal
Nellore: Health Minister Y Satya Kumar Yadav claimed the coalition government has brought drastic changes in medical sector to provide quality treatment to the poor. Along with Udayagiri MLA Kakarla Suresh, he inaugurated five-bedded dialysis centre at Primary Health Centre in Vinjamur mandal on Saturday. The Minister said that the government is spending Rs 4,200 crore under NTR Vaidya Seva scheme to make quality treatment available to the poor as treatment in corporate private hospitals became expensive. The government also providing an injection that costs about Rs 45,000 for free of cost to rescue patients suffered with severe heart stroke. He added that it was proposed to conduct cancer detection examination for 4 crore cancer patients apart from 3 crores cases that were detected till date in the entire State. Minister Yadav pointed out that while the previous YSRCP government had set up 21 Dialysis centers under Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Scheme during its five years tenure, the TDP-led coalition government has set up as many as 18 dialysis centres within 10 months. He alleged that the hike in dialysis cases was due to the consumption of spurious liquor promoted by previous YSRCP government. To overcome this problem, the government has decided to establish number dialysis centres under PMNDS, he added. Later, the Minister has inaugurated Intensive Care Unit for infants at BJP-run Jayabharath Hospital. Former MLAs Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy, Khambam Vijayarami Reddy, Venteru Venugopala Reddy, former ZP Chairman Chanchelababu Yadav, RTC Zonal Chairman Sannapureddy Suresh Reddy, Jayabharath Hospital Manager Guru Prasad and others were present.
