Hyderabad, April 19 -- Telangana Health Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha on Saturday, April 18, said that 79 more dialysis centres with a capacity of 416 beds will be set up in the state to ensure that every patient reaches the centres within 20 to 25 minutes.

Speaking at the annual conference of the Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism at Mind Space in Hyderabad, the minister stated that non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and kidney disease have become a major challenge to public health, especially in urban areas.

To tackle this, the government is developing a comprehensive health system that creates awareness on disease prevention and helps in early-stage disease detection, treatment, and rehabili...