Aarogyasri healthcare services, Employee Health Scheme (EHS) and Journalists Health Scheme (JHS) in mid-sized private hospitals in Telangana State were suspended on Friday due to pending medical bills mounting to Rs 1, 200 crore.
The members of Telangana Aarogyasri Network Hospitals Association (TANHA), consisting of hospitals with 100 to 400 beds and serving Arogyasri patients across districts, appealed to the State Health Minister, Damodar Raja Narsimha to intervene and clear the pending medical bills.
“Despite performing the majority of Arogyasri work, the TANHA hospitals are not a priority for policy makers. All hospitals in districts are facing these problems. It is ironic that Aarogyasri was started under a Congress government but the same party is not addressing our concerns,” says president for TANHA, Dr V Rakesh.