AP Govt Released Rs 3,900 Cr to Aarogyasri Network Hospitals in Last two Years
VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government released a total of Rs 3,932.22 crore so far to the Aarogyasri network hospitals in the state.
In a statement on Friday, the Dr YSR Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust chief executive officer Dr G. Lakshmisha said all the network hospitals lined up on the basis of a call given by the trust not to disrupt the services to the patients.
On May 22, on an average, 6,718 patients availed healthcare services under the scheme; and on May 23, nearly 7,118 patients did so. On an average, 5,349 patients were availing the healthcare services under the scheme per day in the last one year.
In 2023-24 fiscal, the Aarogyasri Trust released Rs 3,566.22 crore; and for the 2024-25, another Rs 366 crore in the first two months of the new year, to the network hospitals in AP to provide healthcare services to the patients.
Moreover, patients can also avail the healthcare services under the scheme in some recognised hospitals in other states too.
However, the Aarogyasri Network Hospitals’ managements maintain that they are not taking new cases under this scheme from May 22, with an exception for emergency cases. They reiterated their demand that the government clear the dues worth about Rs 1,500 crore. They said it would, otherwise, be difficult for them to provide the services. “We need to keep paying wages to the staff and meeting other expenses to maintain the hospitals,” they said.
Sources say a worry for the hospitals is about the hitches that lay ahead. Since AP went for polls on May 13 and a new government would take charge after June 4, they are apprehensive about the commitment of the new government to clear the dues to them.
