Hyderabad, Aug. 10 -- Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy today urged Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to implement the Ayushman Bharat scheme effectively across the state.

Reddy during the day inaugurated the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana Telangana Marketing and Distribution Warehouse at IDA, Uppal, along with Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Verma.

Speaking to the media after the event, Kishan Reddy said changing lifestyles have led to a surge in health problems, forcing most people to seek medical care.

"Ninety-five out of every hundred people have to visit a doctor. Retirees are spending their entire pension on medical expenses, and even poor and middle-class families often end up exhausting their life's s...