Mysore/Mysuru, Dec. 9 -- Gruha Arogya Scheme, that was launched in Mysuru district this October, by the State Government to take health initiatives to the doorsteps of the people, has produced worrying results so far. In a short span of two months, most people diagnosed, are found to be ailing from blood pressure (BP) and diabetes, two major non-communicable disease.

Barring Mysuru city, Health and Family Welfare Department staff including doctors and nurses, visited the households in urban and rural areas of the district. The target has been set to diagnose the health condition of as many as 8,16,089 people aged 30 years and above, for the 14 non-communicable diseases listed for test. So far,1,89,144 people were diagnosed for BP and 37,...