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AHMEDABAD: The lack of toilets is the major reason for malnourishment in Gujarat , state health commissioner Jayanti Ravi said on Saturday. She said that the government was considering tele-medicine to serve rural areas. “During our visits to villages, we found malnourished women and girls,” she said. However, now Gujarat is an open-defecation-free state. A shift of just 1% of patients using hospital facilities will translate into 63 lakh additional patients; and the country will require 3,500 more hospitals..