K Chandrashekar Hyderabad

Membersof the Telangana Network Hospitals Association (TANHA) are not accepting major surgeries under the Aarogyasri scheme, apart from staying away from the newly launched Employees Health Scheme (EHS). Besides, they have just announced that they will not be able to provide “some more services” if the government does not clear the Aarogyasri dues that have mounted to between Rs 2,000 and Rs 2,500 crore.

The Network Hospitals wanted the government to call them for discussions and make them part of the committee seized of the EHS scheme so that they too can put forward their viewpoints.

Representing a network of over 350 hospitals in the state, the TANHA stressed that coordination, transparency, and continuous dialogue among the government, the Employee Health Care Trust (EHCT), and the network hospitals were essential for the successful implementation of the new EHS scheme.

TANHA state president Dr Vaddiraju Rakesh said that the government had formulated the policy without fully considering the nature of diseases and treatments, and without adequately incorporating the views of network hospitals. He said that there was limited scope of beneficiary coverage, failure to follow appropriate scientific methods in determining treatment costs, resulting in difficulties faced by the beneficiaries and the hospitals.

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