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Members of the Andhra Pradesh Speciality Hospital Association (ASHA) person announced that each services nether the Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva strategy volition beryllium discontinued from October 10, citing non-clearance of dues amounting to astir ₹2,700 crore by the State government.
Addressing the media successful Vijayawada connected Wednesday, ASHA president K. Vijay Kumar said that web hospitals successful the State had provided services worthy much than ₹5,300 crore to the nationalist since the enactment of the TDP-led NDA authorities successful June 2024. Of this, the authorities has cleared ₹3,800 crore truthful far. Dr. Vijay Kumar added that further dues were carried implicit from the erstwhile government, bringing the full pending magnitude to astir ₹2,700 crore. Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav precocious stated successful the Assembly that ₹670 crore has been uploaded connected the Comprehensive Financial Management System, a authorities payments portal. However, the relation said this magnitude is yet to beryllium released.
Under the scheme, bills for services offered successful web hospitals are usually cleared wrong 2 months. “But bills worthy ₹2,000 crore person been nether scrutiny for much than 400 days, with nary clarity connected erstwhile they volition beryllium settled,” Dr. Vijay Kumar said. It whitethorn beryllium recalled that the relation had antecedently announced the discontinuation of aesculapian services successful May. The determination was aboriginal reversed pursuing involution by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. The existent determination comes aft small advancement successful clearing the pending dues.
“Once again, we are incapable to proceed providing aesculapian services nether the strategy arsenic the dues are mounting. Patients volition present person to wage retired of pouch for pre-operative procedures, specified arsenic humor tests and scans,” said ASHA vice president S.V.L. Narayana Rao. Treatments, however, volition proceed to beryllium provided escaped of charge, but each services nether the Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva strategy volition halt from October 10. The relation has decided to abstain from meetings oregon discussions until the ₹670 crore uploaded connected the portal is released, and urged that the scrutiny process for the remaining ₹2,000 crore beryllium completed immediately. In a missive to the Health Minister, ASHA clarified that the determination to halt services is intended to emphasise the urgency of the matter, not to inconvenience the public. The relation besides stressed that pending dues indispensable beryllium cleared earlier the instauration of the Universal Health Scheme successful the State.
