CM Naidu inaugurates Andhra's first Digital Nerve Centre in Kuppam

Kuppam (AP): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chan drababu Naidu on Thursday inaugurated the state's first Tata Digi tal Nerve Centre (DiNC) in Chittoor district, which offers connected, con tinuous, proactive, and patient-centric healthcare to strengthen public health infrastructure. Linked to 13 primary health centres (PHCs) and 92 village health centres, the Tata DiNC offers 12 pri mary healthcare services and digitalises patients' health records.

"Chief Minister Chandra babu Naidu inaugurated the Tata Digital Nerve Cen tre, the first such facility established in Kuppam," a press release said.

The DiNC integrates healthcare facilities and resources across the con stituency, improving care through digital tools and standardised health pro tocols. The initiative promises early diagnosis, person alised counselling, better coordination, improved patient convenience, lower costs, and virtual specialist access at PHCs. In the first phase, DiNC services have been rolled out in Kuppam.

They will be expanded across Chittoor district in the sec ond phase and statewide in the third, the release added. "In the second phase, we will integrate all PHCs across the Chittoor district. We will also sync Ayushman Bharat and NTR Vaid ya Seva schemes with this initiative," Naidu said.

Ayushman Bharat, according to the NHA website, is an attempt to move from a sectoral and segmented approach of health service delivery to a comprehen sive, need-based health care service. NTR Vaidya Seva is the flagship health scheme of the state government, aimed at providing quality healthcare to the poor.

The TDP chief added that the government is working to extend quality healthcare services while digitising people's health records.

He asserted that the Kuppam DiNC will serve as a global model by incorpo rating cutting-edge tech nology, including Artificial Intelligence. Naidu also directed of ficials to use technology to reduce healthcare costs. He noted that the state spends Rs 19,000 crore an nually on health and called for steps to bring this down through technology-driven solutions. (PTI)