Hyderabad: Well being minister Damodar Rajanarsimha slammed the BRS for making a mockery of well being schemes like Aarogyasri, Worker Well being Scheme (EHS) and Journalists Well being Scheme (JHS) throughout its rule.
Countering BRS working president Okay.T. Rama Rao’s tweet on X concerning EHS, he known as it a ‘low cost criticism’. He mentioned that it was a disgrace that BRS, which had corrupted these schemes, was attempting to justify them now. He introduced that the Congress authorities was planning to implement EHS in a way acceptable to each staff and pensioners.
“With out clearing hospital dues or revising bundle charges, BRS denied medical therapy to sufferers underneath Aarogyasri. Company hospitals disrespected staff and pensioners searching for therapy underneath EHS however the BRS authorities did nothing however watch,” the minister mentioned.
He highlighted the Congress authorities’s achievements, stating, “Upon assuming workplace, we doubled the free therapy restrict underneath Aarogyasri from ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh. We revised bundle charges in six months and launched 163 new procedures underneath Aarogyasri. As per the calls for of staff and pensioners, we are actually implementing EHS in a approach that satisfies them.”