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BS Yediyurappa, Chief Minister, Karnataka has presented the state budget for 2021-22.
Key highlights for the healthcare & pharma sectors include-
“We welcome the measures announced by BS Yediyurappa in State Budget 2021-22. The budget rightly strikes a reasonable balance in addressing the key pillars of health and well-being. The array of measures announced are in line with our expectations. The substantial allocation in newborn screening and genomics will help detect hereditary metabolic diseases, controlling child mortality rate. In addition to these, setting up new institutes, health centres and mobile labs is also a welcoming move to strive for good standards of healthcare services”, said Aishwarya Vasudevan, Group Chief Operating Officer, Neuberg Diagnostics, Bengaluru.