Aarogyasri services extended to 130 hospitals in 3 cities
Amaravati: The State government on Friday extended Aarogyasri services to 130 hospitals in the three cities of Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru.
These hospitals will provide services for 716 identified medical procedures in 17 super-specialty departments. Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy released a poster on the extension of YSR Aarogyasri services to the hospitals in the three cities at the Secretariat on Friday.
The Chief Minister in a video-conference spoke to a few YSR Aarogyasri beneficiaries and doctors from MIOT hospital in Chennai, Fortis Hospital in Bangalore and Medicover Hospital in Hyderabad on the occasion.
Dr Krishna Prasad, Medicover Hospital, in conversation with the Chief Minister, assured of dedication while implementing YSR Aarogyasri services and said that welfare scheme had given a second life to several people.
Later, the Chief Minister spoke to Nettikuntaiah, a YSR Aarogyasri beneficiary. Jagan asked doctors about the surgery that the patient has to undergo. He also enquired about the facilities being provided at the hospital and conveyed his best wishes to Nettikuntaiah.
The Chief Minister spoke to a one-year-old patient Lokeshwar, an Aarogyasri beneficiary who is suffering from small intestine illness. He interacted with the child's parents and enquired about the facilities at the hospital.
Dr Raghavan, MIOT Hospital, Chennai, explained about Lokeshwar's treatment procedure. The Chief Minister told the doctors, "Our people have come there with a strong belief." He instructed the doctors to take good care of the patients.
During a video-conference with patients and doctors at Fortis Hospital, Bengaluru, the Chief Minister interacted with a patient B Sumitra and enquired about the facilities at the hospital. Sumitra is suffering from kidney related illness. "We are starting a shockwave procedure to remove stones from kidney," said Dr Shakir Tabrez.
The Chief Minister said that 130 hospitals have empanelled to provide improved services to Aarogyasri beneficiaries, the Chief Minister pointed out. During Jagan's Padayatra in the State, people pointed out lack of Aarogyasri services in hospitals in other States and he had given an assurance to them that the Aarogyasri services will also be extended to hospitals in other States.
Keeping his promise and as per the directions of the experts committee appointed by the government for introduction of reforms of the health sector, Aarogyasri services will apply to 122 procedures in cardiac and cardio-therapy, 10 in cardiology, 8 in critical care, 13 in endocrinology, 22 in gastroenterology, 64 in genetic urinary surgeries, 79 in medical oncology, 6 in nephrology, 12 in neurology, 69 in neurosurgery, 3 in organ transplantation, 66 in paediatric surgery, 35 in plastic surgery, 13 in radiation oncology, 6 in rheumatology, 57 in surgical gastroenterology and 131 in surgical oncology.