As part of the tight rope walk, specially since the chief minister has decided not to levy any new taxes or increase the water or power tariff, the state government is now trying to find new ways to cut down on its expenses.
As part of this exercise, the chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Sunday wrote a letter to the Centre, asking it to advise the Planning Commission to provide financial support to Aarogyasri scheme and take it up as a centrally-sponsored scheme, on a 70:30 cost-sharing basis as a special case.
The chief minister, who would be visiting New Delhi on June 18, will take up the matter with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Union minister for health and family welfare Gulam Nabi Azad. Reddy will explain to the Union health minister how the Aarogyasri scheme has been successful in providing emergency medical help to the poor people.
The state government is spending a total of Rs 1,725 crore per annum under these schemes: Rs 1,350 crore under Aarogyasri I and II, Rs 250 crore for 104 health services and Rs 125 crore for 108 emergency ambulance services. The state also spends Rs 975 crore as premium for Aarogyasri healthcare insurance.
In his letter, Reddy requested the prime minister to depute a central team to study the scheme in depth. CM is of the opinion that this scheme may be extended throughout the country. This scheme, he said, has been acclaimed at Geneva in Forum for Health on the sidelines of World Health Assembly by the World Health Organization.
Reddy said Aarogyasri scheme was a unique technology-led intervention that directly empowers the rural poor. So far more than 3 lakh patients were treated in hospitals at a cost of over Rs 900 crore, and as a byproduct around 18 lakhs patients have been screened, he added.
As part of this exercise, the chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Sunday wrote a letter to the Centre, asking it to advise the Planning Commission to provide financial support to Aarogyasri scheme and take it up as a centrally-sponsored scheme, on a 70:30 cost-sharing basis as a special case.
The chief minister, who would be visiting New Delhi on June 18, will take up the matter with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Union minister for health and family welfare Gulam Nabi Azad. Reddy will explain to the Union health minister how the Aarogyasri scheme has been successful in providing emergency medical help to the poor people.
The state government is spending a total of Rs 1,725 crore per annum under these schemes: Rs 1,350 crore under Aarogyasri I and II, Rs 250 crore for 104 health services and Rs 125 crore for 108 emergency ambulance services. The state also spends Rs 975 crore as premium for Aarogyasri healthcare insurance.
In his letter, Reddy requested the prime minister to depute a central team to study the scheme in depth. CM is of the opinion that this scheme may be extended throughout the country. This scheme, he said, has been acclaimed at Geneva in Forum for Health on the sidelines of World Health Assembly by the World Health Organization.
Reddy said Aarogyasri scheme was a unique technology-led intervention that directly empowers the rural poor. So far more than 3 lakh patients were treated in hospitals at a cost of over Rs 900 crore, and as a byproduct around 18 lakhs patients have been screened, he added.
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