Thane rural schools' health check-up: 13 per cent students suffering from skin issues

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Thane rural schools' health check-up: A health check up of 250 students of two schools in Ganeshpuri in Thane district of Maharashtra revealed that 34, or 13.60 per cent, of them suffered from skin problems, reported the PTI on Sunday.

According to the PTI, as many as 15 students had respiratory issues and 16 suffered from dental problems, said the functionary of NGO Prasad Chikitsa, which held the health camp at ZP and Ghatge Maharaj schools in Tansa valley.

Meanwhile, earlier this month, the state government had decided to upgrade and create new super-speciality healthcare infrastructure, and double the budgetary expenditure to completely change the public health scenario by 2035. The existing system had faced severe criticism following deaths in some state-run public hospitals because of shortage of medicines and staff. A new plan, called Vision-2035, will be ready in a fortnight.

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had convened a meeting earlier this month to discuss measures to correct the ailing infrastructure. His deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, the ministers concerned, state chief secretary, the medical education and public health secretaries, district collectors and the officials concerned with both departments, state health task force members, civil surgeons and deans of medical colleges attended the meeting.

Speaking after the meeting, CM Shinde had said that the respective district collectors had been made nodal officers and given the authority to buy medicines. A dash board in Mantralaya will track medicine supply and demand on a regular basis. The collectors will also visit state-run medical facilities in their jurisdiction to check on sanitation, drinking water and the upkeep of the centres that are either controlled by the medical education department or public health department.

After reviewing both departments, the conclave decided to prepare a report on the existing infrastructure within next 15 days. Based on this, a plan to upgrade the existing and create new 34 super-speciality district hospitals is on the anvil. Shinde said when a new medical college will be announced, the work on a hospital to be attached with it will also begin. Ideally, the district or civic hospitals are attached with medical colleges. Since most of them are inadequate, they would be redeveloped to make space for more beds and specialities.

(with PTI inputs)