Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led state cabinet meeting on Sunday constituted a cabinet sub-committee to collect details and assess problems being faced by such orphans as well as orphanages inTelangana. Women and child welfare minister Satyavathi Rathod will head the cabinet sub-committee comprising 10 other ministers including T Harish Rao, KT Rama Rao, Sabitha Indra Reddy, V Srinivas Goud, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Koppula Eshwar, Gangula Kamalakar, Indrakaran Reddy, G Jagadish Reddy and Errabelli Dayakar Rao.
The cabinet directed the medical and Health secretary to get comprehensive information on affected children. All collectors have been told to submit details of orphans and orphanages from their respective districts to the medical and health secretary.
The cabinet directed officials to increase the number of tests to identify coronavirus patients, intensify vaccination drive, improve medical , medicine supplies and ensure there was no shortage of Oxygen facilities in hospitals in all the districts.