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Treatment for 21 critical diseases to be available in Jharkhand

Ranchi, Dec 16 (UNI) The health department has decided to make treatment for 21 serious diseases available within the state, eliminating the need for patients to travel outside Jharkhand for advanced medical care.
The decision was taken during a high-level meeting chaired by Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Department, Ajay Kumar Singh, at his office. It was resolved that comprehensive treatment facilities for all 21 critical diseases will be developed at four major government hospitals including Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi; Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Memorial Medical College and Hospital, Dhanbad; Sadar Hospital, Ranchi; and MGM Medical College and Hospital, Jamshedpur.
The scheme covers treatment for all types of cancer, kidney transplant, severe liver diseases, acid attack injuries, and rare disorders such as Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome, thalassaemia and other blood dyscrasias, and conditions requiring bone marrow transplant. It also includes advanced surgical and critical care procedures such as plastic and reconstructive surgery for post-trauma deformities and burn cases, retinal detachment surgery, serious head injury management with craniotomy and critical care, coronary artery bypass grafting with intra-aortic balloon pump (CABG IABP), and continuous renal replacement therapy in ICU patients with acute renal failure. Further, the scheme provides coverage for proliferative diabetic retinopathy, tracheo-oesophageal fistula surgery, meningoencephalocele surgery, penetrating keratoplasty, brain haemorrhage, and a wide range of congenital deformities including facial clefts, microtia, hemifacial microsomia, Treacher Collins syndrome, craniosynostosis, and ectopia vesicae. High-end interventions such as cochlear implant, treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma are also included.
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