Karnataka to maintain health database of all the citizens

▴ Karnataka to maintain health database of all the citizens
Karnataka Government will soon launch a "State Health Register" with the vision to provide better healthcare facilities to it's citizens.

On Wednesday The Karnataka government said that it would soon launch a project to maintain the health database of all its citizens by having a "State Health Register."
Being one of a kind initiative, the State Health Register will be a robust and standardized health repository of all the citizens, an official release said. The project will be launched first in Chikkaballapur district on an experimental basis.

They will go door to door collecting health data of all members of the family, he said, adding that this would not only help the government provide better healthcare facilities, but also help efficient resource allocation, management and better implementation of various schemes which will be beneficial for the citizens in the state.

Describing the government's vision to provide world class healthcare to all the citizens, for which accurate data is required, Sudhakar said the health register is a futuristic project which has been taken up in the interest of the people. The project will also include a 50 per cent partnership of private hospitals.

"Enhanced focus on healthcare has become imperative and our government is committed to provide world class healthcare to all citizens", he said. Dr Sudhakar said that the COVID-19 experience has demonstrated the necessity of having robust, real-time public health data and therefore, there is a need to maintain a repository of health data of each and every citizen. He said that the Government will be undertaking a survey of all 6.5 Crore people in the state using a team of Primary Health Centre officials, revenue officials, Education department staff and ASHA karyakartas.

"The data collected will help us to prioritise health care based on geography, demography and other targeted measures," he said. Sudhakar also mentioned that the Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has extended support for the project and added that the detailed discussions would be held in this regard in the coming cabinet meeting.

Pankaj Kumar Pandey, Commissioner, Department of Health and Family Welfare, said: “COVID-19" positive and symptomatic patients will be isolated and treated at dedicated hospitals or dedicated health centres both in public and private. The patient can be discharged after 10 days of onset of symptoms.”

Pandey said: “Asymptomatic individuals with positive RT-PCR test reports who continue to remain Asymptomatic during their stay in the hospital, shall be discharged only after a repeat RT-PCR test performed 7 days after the first test is found to be negative.”

Tags : #Karnataka #COVID-19 #StateHealthRegister

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