Jagananna Aarogya Suraksha to launch on Sept 30 across AP state: CM Jagan

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday reviewed the Jaganana Aarogya Suraksha programme and directed the officials to implement the programme from September 30 in the same manner as the Jagananna Suraksha, by going to every house and helping the people resolve their health problems.

The Chief Minister said that as part of the programme, a health camp should be organised on a fixed day and the health problems in all families should be tackled.

Announcing that the Jagananna Aarogya Suraksha would be launched on September 30 across the state, the Chief Minister asked the officials to make it as successful as the Jagananna Suraksha.

During a virtual review meeting on the YSR Aarogyasri here on Wednesday, the Chief Minister told district collectors that the programme would run for 45 days in four phases. The fifth phase would involve hand-holding of the chronic patients by family doctors and village clinics to ensure periodic treatment to the needy.

The Chief Minister released a brochure on ‘how to get free medical treatment under 'YSR Aarogyasri’ published by the Aarogyasri Health Care Trust.

He explained that in the first phase, teams of volunteers, Gruha Saradhulu and people's representatives would begin visiting households in rural and urban areas for identifying the health issues of people and collecting their details. In the second phase, health workers like ANMs, ASHA workers, CHOs and volunteers would visit the people and create awareness on downloading the Aarogyasri App and on efficiently using the scheme at various hospitals free of cost.

In the third phase, teams of volunteers, Gruha Saradhulu and people's representatives would advise the people to attend the health camps three days in advance. In the fourth phase, health camps would be conducted with the active involvement of four doctors, two specialist doctors and two from the PHCs.

In the entire process, family doctors and village clinics will play the lead role, the CM said.

He announced that the first phase would begin on September 15 and the first health camp in all mandals and urban wards would be conducted on September 30.

The Jagananna Aarogya Suraksha is a recurring programme involving periodic diagnosis of patients, periodic consultation and periodic supply of medicines wherever necessary with post-treatment medicines also being given to the chronic patients.

Jagan Mohan Reddy said, “General health and eye camps should be organised on a specific day in each village and ward. After conducting diagnostic tests at these camps, people should be advised on treatment methods, and given free medicines and eye glasses by family doctors.

In every village and ward, all households should be covered for identifying the people suffering from chronic ailments as also BP and sugar, anaemic patients, pregnant women, lactating mothers, dialysis and paralysis patients, apart from neonatal cases.

The fifth phase involves counselling to directing the patients to Aarogyasri hospitals for necessary treatment.

“Every month, health camps should be conducted in at least four villages in every mandal so that we can organise these camps in all villages in every mandal every six months,” Jagan Mohan Reddy said.

Health minister Vidadala Rajini, chief secretary K.S. Jawahar Reddy, CCLA Sai Prasad and secretary to CCLA Amd Imtiaz, special CS Krishna Babu, women & child welfare principal secretary Jayalakshmi, commissioner M. Janaki, school education commissioner S. Suresh, health director J. Nivas, Aarogyasri Trust CEO Harinder Prasad, finance secretary N. Guljar, tribal welfare director Venkata Murali, municipal administration commissioner Koteswara Rao and other officials were present.