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Hyderabad: Stage is set for tertiary government hospitals in Telangana to start conducting high-end orthopaedic surgeries like total knee and hip replacements. All major knee replacement surgeries covered under Aarogyasri health insurance will be conducted in government hospitals, Health Minister, T Harish Rao on Sunday said. At a consultation meet on ways to improve specialty […]

Adilabad: Women thanked Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for implementing numerous welfare, development and empowerment schemes for women in Telangana State. They took out a bullock cart rally and performed ksheerabhisekam to a flex poster of Rao, as part of ‘Mahila Bandhu K Chandrashekhar Rao’ celebrations being organised to mark the International Women’s Day celebrations […]

Hyderabad: The Health Minister, T Harish Rao on Friday urged Osmania General Hospital (OGH) and Gandhi Hospital to improve the quality of healthcare services for the urban poor in Hyderabad. In a review meeting on the healthcare facilities and civic works being taken up at OGH and Gandhi Hospital here on Friday, Harish Rao assured […]

Hyderabad: The State government on Saturday launched medical infrastructure works worth Rs 10.91 crore at the Fever Hospital, which includes a state-of the-art outpatient block to accommodate over 1,000 patients, a dialysis facility at a cost of Rs 50 lakh and a high-end mortuary facility worth Rs 60 lakh. Health Minister T Harish Rao, laying […]

Warangal: Narsampet MLA Peddi Sudharshan Reddy said on Thursday that at least 400 poor people in the constituency were getting financial assistance under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) every month. The scheme is a boon for the poor who suffer from diseases that are not covered under Aarogyasri, he said. The MLA was speaking […]

Suryapet: The Congress leaders held a day-long sit-in “Sathyagraha Deeksha” at Suryapet and Nalgonda demanding that the state government include treatment of Corona and black fungus in Aarogyasri scheme. Led by District Congress Committee (DCC) president Cheviti Venkanna, the Congress leaders conducted the Sathyagraha Deeksha in Red Bhavan at Suryapet. Speaking on the occasion, Venkanna […]

Hyderabad: The integration of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) with the State’s ‘Aarogyasri’ will benefit about 26 lakh families (around 1.3 crore individuals), the National Health Authority (NHA) has said. Each family is entitled to avail free healthcare coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per year for secondary and tertiary […]

Beneficiaries are entitled to avail free healthcare coverage of up to Rs 5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation

Dovetailing of both schemes has the potential to directly benefit anywhere between 25L and 30L additional families

TPCC president said both the Central and State governments had "miserably failed to contain the Covid second wave in the country"

Hyderabad: Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar on Wednesday informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had decided to dovetail Aarogyasri with the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme. The decision was conveyed during the PM’s video conference with Chief Secretaries of all States to review the progress of several infrastructure projects, including Ayushman Bharat, […]

The recent efforts of Health Minister Eatala Rajender to further restructure the Aarogyasri insurance scheme has paid dividends

Ensures needy patients get access to high-end facilities at affordable rates

Health Minister Eatala Rajender said the government would not hesitate to spend up to Rs 2,000 crore while implementing the recommendations.