AP Chief Minister Calls for Aarogyasri Cardholders to Be Aware of the Rs 25 Lakh Medical Benefit
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the Medical and Health Department officials to instill confidence among people that all Aarogyasri card holders can avail free medical treatment up to Rs. 25 lakh under YSR Aarogyasri.
Vijayawada: Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, has instructed officials in the Medical and Health Department to instill trust in the public by telling them that all Aarogyasri card holders are eligible for free medical care up to Rs. 25 lakh through YSR Aarogyasri.
At a review meeting on the launching of the extended Aarogyasri scheme held at the Camp Office here on Wednesday, the Chief Minister told officials that the Government has responsibility to extend the benefits of health and education to people as a matter of right.
“The officials should give an assurance to the people that all Aarogyasri card holders, who are in need of medical treatment, any get free medical treatment up to Rs. 25 lakh under Aarogyasri scheme”, the Chief Minister made it clear.
The Government has enhanced the free medical treatment limit to Rs 25 lakh with humanity and officials also should act with responsibility in extending the benefit to necessary people with a humanistic approach to implement the historic decision, he said.
The specially developed video on availing free medical treatment under Aarogyasri should be made available to volunteers, secretariat staff and officials of health department besides making it accessible to all people, the Chief Minister suggested. “The department is printing new Aarogyasri cards and these will be distributed to all households across the State. The officials are planning to complete the distribution by January end,” the Chief Minister stated.
Directing the officials to launch the second phase of the Jagananna Aarogya Suraksha from January 1, the Chief Minister told them to conduct one Suraksha camp in a village in each mandal in rural areas and one camp in a ward in urban areas every week.
Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy asserted that medical treatment being extended to kidney patients in Uddanam area should be extended to kidney patients in other areas also by making available all necessary medicines in village health clinics which would be operated by family doctors.
The treatment facilities being made available in Palasa should also be made available in the medical college at Markapur, he told the officials. Doctors should support the kidney patients by conducting necessary tests and extending treatment, he said, adding that the Urology department also should be established along with Nephrology sections in all new medical colleges.
Senior authorities, including YSR Aarogyasri CEO DK Balaji, AP Vaidya Vidhana Parishad Commissioner Dr. S. Venkateswar, and Special CS (Medical and Health) M.T. Krishna Babu, were in attendance.
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