Jaipur: State health department will adopt and replicate proven healthcare models from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and AIIMS to strengthen services statewide.
A senior health department official said, “Kerala’s Hridyam programme for congenital heart disease will be expanded to 73 hospitals in Rajasthan, covering medical college hospitals as well as district and sub-district facilities. Hridyam, launched by the Kerala govt in 2017, is a population-level initiative supported by a web-based application that functions as a registry. Any physician can enter a suspected congenital heart disease case, after which a paediatric cardiologist reviews the record within 24 hours and categorises it according to urgency. If details are inadequate, the cardiologist can ask the District Early Intervention Centre to arrange further tests. Registrations increased steadily after the platform’s launch.”
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Rajasthan will also implement Telangana’s Hyderabad tele- Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) model to improve newborn care. Based on a hub-and-spoke system, specialists at a central hub provide real-time guidance to district SNCU through tele-mentoring and tele-consultation. In Telangana, the Centre of Excellence at Niloufer Hospital, Hyderabad, served as the hub, supporting peripheral SNCUs. From Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan will introduce maternal health practices focused on high-risk pregnancy tracking, doctor-led antenatal check-ups, deliveries at first referral units, and measures to reduce anaemia. Tamil Nadu’s Emergency Obstetric Care Model is built on a strong referral system. Rajasthan will also replicate Tamil Nadu’s Accident and Emergency Care Initiative, introduced in 2016, which strengthened emergency medical care with coordinated pre-hospital, in-hospital and rehabilitation interventions.
