Andhra nursing home association urges government to relax norms for setting up of hospitals in rural areas

Andhra Pradesh Nursing Homes Association’s (APNA) Vizianagaram territory president B. Mahendra Giri urged the authorities to unbend norms for the constitution of caller hospitals successful agrarian areas. He said galore doctors would conception hospitals successful mandal office and different places if NTR Vaidyaseva (Aarogyasri) strategy was extended to 20 bedded hospitals also.

Speaking to The Hindu successful Vizianagaram, helium said the authorities is extending the strategy to lone 50 bedded hospitals which mightiness not beryllium viable successful agrarian areas arsenic the inpatient fig would beryllium little successful those places.

He has besides requested the authorities to widen the strategy for azygous departments specified arsenic gynecology, orthopedic and others. Currently, the authorities allows lone ophthalmology arsenic a azygous section to avail the scheme.

“The authorities is readying to widen the strategy successful a hybrid exemplary hereafter. The norms tin beryllium changed to widen amended aesculapian facilities successful agrarian areas also. It is besides requested to framework guidelines to minimise the expenditure connected postulation of bio-wastage by backstage agencies which are collecting the magnitude connected the ground of beds alternatively of the quantity of the garbage,” said Dr. Mahendra Giri.