Telangana: Private Hospitals refuse to treat Arogyasri patients
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Telangana: Government delays in clearing the Rs. 250 crore pending dues since the year beginning has led all private hospitals empanelled for Arogyasri to stand up in arms and stop all health services under the scheme, since Wednesday.
"We postponed our strike decision in May after Telangana Health Minister, C Laxma Reddy and other senior Telangana Aarogyasri Health Care Trust (TAHCT) officials assured us that they would resolve our 18 point demands including clearing six-month-old dues but none of the promises was kept," said Dr T Narasinga Reddy, chairman, Aarogyasri wing of Telangana Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (THANA).
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Describing the decision of the TAHCT Board of Trustees to take away polytrauma cases from private hospitals as the final blow, Mr Reddy said this would affect both BPL patients and government employees, who are covered under the Employees Health Scheme (EHS). He made clear that if amends were not made their strike would turn into an indefinite one.
"We postponed our strike decision in May after Telangana Health Minister, C Laxma Reddy and other senior Telangana Aarogyasri Health Care Trust (TAHCT) officials assured us that they would resolve our 18 point demands including clearing six-month-old dues but none of the promises was kept," said Dr T Narasinga Reddy, chairman, Aarogyasri wing of Telangana Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (THANA).
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Describing the decision of the TAHCT Board of Trustees to take away polytrauma cases from private hospitals as the final blow, Mr Reddy said this would affect both BPL patients and government employees, who are covered under the Employees Health Scheme (EHS). He made clear that if amends were not made their strike would turn into an indefinite one.
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