pune health minister tanaji sawant on wednesday inaugurated the monthlong statewide health checks for women aged over 18 at sndt college in the city in his address he asked doctors to ensure no patient was deprived of treatment he also said the state government was mulling a daily allowance of rs 300 for all pregnant women starting from the third month of pregnancy to delivery the monthlong free programme was announced earlier this month to boost health screenings for women dr pradeep vyas additional chief secretary of health said nearly 54 lakh women in the state accessed the service within two days among them 9617 women were found to be diabetic and 12000 were diagnosed with high blood pressure