Surgeons at Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad successfully performed Telangana’s first-ever five-organ multi-visceral transplant on a 30-year-old engineer from Sircilla. The rare 36-hour surgery was conducted free under Aarogyasri, marking a milestone for government hospitals in the state.
Aarogyasri health services in Telangana remain suspended for a second day as private hospitals protest against unpaid dues amounting to Rs 1,500 crore. Despite appeals from Aarogyasri officials, the State government has yet to initiate dialogue with the TANHA, which is leading the strike.
Over 360 small and medium hospitals in Telangana will stop treating Aarogyasri beneficiaries from Tuesday midnight over Rs 1,300–Rs 1,400 crore in unpaid bills. TANHA, representing these hospitals, says repeated government assurances have gone unmet, pushing hospitals toward financial collapse
Hyderabad: State-run super-specialty hospitals have started to get more patients and conduct a large number of procedures covered under the Aarogyasri health insurance scheme when compared to private hospitals. The Aarogyasri health insurance scheme was always a domain of private hospitals, as their share of beneficiaries in percentage used to hover at around 70 while 30 […]
Hyderabad: Since statehood, the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) has successfully conducted a record 742 kidney transplant surgeries free of cost to needy patients suffering from chronic kidney ailments in Telangana. While last year the kidney transplants had to be halted due to the uncertainty during the first Covid wave, the surgeons and health […]
