chief ministerK Chandrasekhar Rao, on Thursday, announced next phase of Kanti Velugu, an eye screening scheme to achieve avoidable blindness free status, which would be taken up from January 18, 2023.
CM KCR also held a review meeting on Health Infrastructure, new speciality hospitals and other issues atPragati Bhavanon Thursday. He said the previous programme was a huge success and helped many people especially the old aged in the rural areas.
The state had conducted the scheme in 2018 and held camps in each village, wherein free spectacles were provided to the needy. The CM directed officials to take action.