Telangana Health Minister announces wider access to Emicizumab for haemophilia patients

Telangana Health Minister C. Damodar Raja Narasimha on Wednesday reiterated the State government’s commitment to supporting haemophilia patients and directed officials to provide the required medicines free of cost every month through Government General Hospitals (GGHs).

The Minister also instructed that Emicizumab, used for routine prophylaxis of Hemophilia A, which is currently available at Osmania General Hospital, Gandhi Hospital and Niloufer Hospital, be made available at GGHs in Khammam and Warangal.

The directions were issued during a review meeting on the functioning of the Telangana State Medical Services and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TGMSIDC), in Hyderabad.

During the meeting, the Minister instructed officials to prepare proposals for the construction of 15 permanent buildings for Central Medicine Stores centres and asked the corporation to formulate guidelines to ensure transparency in the procurement of medicines, surgical items, reagents and equipment through tenders. To strengthen oversight, he directed the formation of three additional committees, taking the total number of committees involved in the tender process to five.

The Minister also asked TGMSIDC managing director Gaurav Uppal to appoint nodal officers to regularly monitor procurement and civil works undertaken for hospitals under the Directorate of Medical Education and Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad.