
State to focus more on lifestyle diseases: Veena
The Hindu
To rope in family health centres for focussed interventions
The State will focus on reducing the morbidity and mortality due to lifestyle diseases through focussed interventions, which will be carried out through the family health centres, Health Minister Veena George, said in the Assembly here on Tuesday. Replying to the discussions on demand for grants for Medical, Public Health and Family Welfare in the revised Budget for the financial year 2021, she said that with 60% of the annual mortality in the State directly or indirectly linked to lifestyle diseases, it was important that this challenge is addressed with utmost importance. She said that the care and follow-up of individuals with various non-communicable diseases would be ensured with the help of e-health by giving a unique identity number to every patient.More Related News