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Former IAS serviceman P.V. Ramesh connected Sunday said the TDP-led conjugation government’s program to privatise aesculapian acquisition and healthcare done Public-Private Partnership (PPP) exemplary violated the law close to life, arsenic it shifted indispensable nationalist responsibilities to backstage hands.
Speaking astatine a State-level normal organised successful Vijayawada to reason the PPP exemplary for authorities aesculapian colleges. Mr. Ramesh accused the authorities of “using fiscal constraints arsenic a pretext to divert pubic assets to its associates,” and reiterated that ensuring nationalist wellness was the cardinal work of the State.
‘Withdraw G.O. 590’
Leaders from assorted political, pupil and societal organisations attended the meeting, and unanimously demanded contiguous withdrawal of G.O. No. 590, which allows 10 Government Medical Colleges successful Andhra Pradesh to beryllium tally nether the PPP model, and said the authorities should run these aesculapian colleges.
CPI State caput K. Ramakrishna criticised the authorities for “handing implicit each assemblage to backstage entities and misleading the nationalist by giving monetisation the sanction of development.”
CPI(M) State caput V. Srinivasa Rao demanded that the authorities merchandise the caller SBI reports connected aesculapian colleges. He accused the conjugation authorities of destroying the nationalist assemblage nether the garb of Vision-2047.
Senior Congress person N. Thulasi Reddy alleged that the authorities was resorting to privatisation of aesculapian acquisition for commissions, undermining an instauration that had agelong produced skilled doctors.
President of Andhra Pradesh Medicos’ Association A. Venkateswarlu said adjacent a fraction of the concessions fixed for the projected Google information centre could greatly payment the aesculapian assemblage and make much jobs.
Former MLC K.S. Lakshmana Rao and erstwhile Minister Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao condemned the move, calling it irresponsible, and said the PPP argumentation would yet pb to its downfall.
V. Lakshmana Reddy demanded that G.O. 590, on with earlier G.O.s 107 and 108 related to self-financing, should beryllium revoked immediately. He pointed retired that successful developed nations, acquisition and healthcare remained nether the authorities control.
Protests planned
The leaders passed a solution to physique unit connected the authorities for withdrawal of the G.O. and organise State-wide protests until their request was fulfilled.
They besides constituted the AP Government Colleges’ Protection Committee with Mr. Ramesh arsenic its chairman, Mr. Venkateswarlu arsenic convener, and Mr. Lakshmana Rao, Mr. Lakshmana Reddy, K. Vinay Kumar and N.V. Ramanayya arsenic co-conveners.
