Pushkar Dhami inaugurates ‘Health ATM’

Dehradun (ANI): Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday, inaugurated the ‘Health ATM’ installed by JK Tire Limited Company and Yes Bank under CSR at the Secretariat on Thursday.

MAHARASHTRA MAN KILLS SISTER-IN-LAW, HER 2 MINOR KIDS

Pune: A 30-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his sister-in-law and her two minor kids in Maharashtra’s Pune city over her “love affair” with another man, police said on Thursday.Following the killing, the accused allegedly set their bodies on fire in farmland to obliterate the evidence, police said. The incident occurred on April 5, they said. “The accused used a piece of cloth and bedsheets to set their bodies on fire,” a senior official of Pune police said. The two kids killed by the accused are estimated to be 6 and 4 years old.

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been well reflected in the Region’s renewed, decade-long push to achieve UHC, which since 2014 has been one of eight Flagship Priorities of the Region.

Between 2010 and 2019, the Region increased its UHC service coverage index from 47 to 61. Between 2000 and 2017, the Region reduced the number of households impoverished or further impoverished from out-ofpocket spending on health from 30 per cent to 6 per cent.

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Health Minister To Hold Covid Review Meeting Today

New Delhi (ANI): Amid a nationwide upward trend in the COVID cases, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a review meet with the health ministers of all states and Union Territories on Friday afternoon, sources said. On Wednesday, COVID empowerment working group also conducted a review routine meeting. Dr VK Paul, Dr Rajiv Bahl, DG, ICMR and other senior health officials attended this meeting. According to the sources, this was a review meeting to know the COVID situation and preparedness in the country.

The Uttarakhand govt informed in a statement that Yes Bank has installed one health ATM each in Sachivalaya Dispensary, Vidhan Sabha Dispensary and Tanakpur Hospital. As per the statement, JK Tire Company has installed one health ATM each at Police Line, JLN District Hospital, District Hospital Nainital, Joint Hospital Tankarpur, Community Health Center, Jaspur, Sub District Hospital, Ranikhet, Almora.

Through these nine Health ATMs, various health tests can be done by the general public on their own, including Hemoglobin, TLC and DLC, Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure, Uric Acid,

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurates ‘Health ATM’ at the Secretariat in Dehradun on Thursday.

MEANWHILE, ANDHRA PRADESH GOVT LAUNCHES FAMILY DOCTOR PROGRAMME

Lingamguntla (Palnadu): Taking healthcare to doorstep of people, Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday formally launched the Family Doctor programme in which qualified doctors in 10,032 Dr YSR Village Health Clinics would extend preventive health care to the needy across the state.Launching the programme, the CM said the Family Doctor Programme would herald revolutionary changes in extending healthcare to the needy. Just like the pensions are handed over at the households, the healthcare facilities will be extended to the people at their doorstep, he said.

Cholesterol, HBAC, Blood Group, Lipid Profile, Trigylside, Lycoprotein, Pregnancy, the statement added.

“A total of 72 tests can be done including test and kidney test etc. This test facility will be free at these health ATMs. In