Health Minister T.S. Singhdeo Wednesday visited Supebeda village in Gariaband district, infamous for renal deaths.
During his visit he met the villagers there and assured of providing every possible facility to them to combat the kidney related ailments.
Sharing apprehension of the villagers in taking health services from government hospital situated at Devbhog where kidney patients can avail dialysis facility, he assured them that an expert doctor would be deployed there.
Singhdeo also appealed the affected villagers of Supebeda to directly reach DKS super specialty hospital and AIIMS, Raipur for better treatment of their renal ailment.
On this occasion he also apprised that a mobile medical unit visits the affected area twice a week and more than 200 patients were treated through it.
On demand of villagers, Singhdeo assured them that soon government would lay a pipeline to bring water from nearby Tel River to the affected region. He also assured of upgrading Sub Health Centre to Primary Health Centre and permanently deploying an expert doctor in the centre.