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Kerala’s healthcare revolution
February 21 , 2025
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- The state’s notable achievements are its drive toward oxygen self-sufficiency, with a total storage capacity of 2,095.63 MT of liquid oxygen now available.
- The government has also made significant strides in primary healthcare with the establishment of 709 Family Health Centers.
- Out of the 885 Primary Health Centers in the state, 709 have also been upgraded, broadening the reach of essential health services to communities across Kerala.
- In the last three and a half years, 2,517,000 people have benefited from the free treatment.
- A total of 5,415 Community Health Centers is now operational, alongside 380 Urban Public Health Centers spread across 93 urban areas.
- Kerala is the only State with Cath labs in all districts as well as the first State to achieve the status of having the dialysis units in all the District/General/Taluk headquarter hospitals.
- Kerala is the first Indian state to have stroke care units in all the district-level hospitals.
- Thiruvananthapuram Medical College also becomes the first in the country to establish a very comprehensive stroke unit with a neuro-Cath lab, significantly enhancing the care available for stroke patients
- Kerala has seen the closure of 99 private hospitals since 2011.
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