Free Treatment For Cancer Patients In AP

AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced that cancer patients will get free treatment from February 1st.

The announcement was made during the inauguration of Dr. YSR Aarogyasri scheme, at Eluru in West Godavari district. The project is aimed to provide free medical treatment to people with an annual income of up to Rs 5 lakh.

"We are introducing this scheme with the goal of providing free medical treatment to the poor. This is the 2nd welfare scheme that the government has launched in the New Year," the CM quoted.

The revamped healthcare scheme will cover over 2,000 medical diseases, up from the previous number of 1059. Each patient will be provided with the financial help of Rs 225 per day, with a maximum of Rs 5000 per month, for post-surgery care. A pension of Rs 3,000 to Rs 10,000 will also be given to the patients, depending upon the ailment.

The government will also distribute 1.42 crores Aarogyasri cards with QR codes across the state.

"We will attach one ASHA worker for every 350 houses. 150 super-specialty hospitals in Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai will also be included in the Aarogyasri network," added Jagan.

"1056 ambulances will be made available by March, and vacant posts of doctors and nurses will be filled by the end of May. The government will launch an AmmaVodi scheme on January 9," added CM.

Also, the salaries of sanitation employees in hospitals will also be raised from Rs 8,000 to Rs 16,000.