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AP to start generic medical stores in all government hospitals soon
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Our Bureau, Hyderabad
November 27 , 2014
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The Andhra Pradesh state government is contemplating plans to start
generic medical stores in all government across 13 districts in the
state.
To this effect, the state government is planning to
revamp the entire healthcare system and wants to initiate wide reform in
the health sector. While speaking about new reforms Kamineni Srinivas
Rao, Health minister of AP said, “We are giving highest priority to the
healthcare in AP. To supply medicines at low cost, we will soon begin
generic medical stores at all the 133 government hospitals in the
state.”
Expressing his concern over the continuing junior
doctors’ strike in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Health minister
said that even after the High Court had declared their strike as
illegal, the doctors action is unwarranted and against the society. The
doctors are responsible citizens and their profession doesn’t allow them
to go on the strike. If they have any problems they need to resolve
them through talks.
As part of the healthcare reforms, the state
government is planning to rope in private players to bring health care
in the reach of common man. To develop the government hospitals the
state government is planning to take up projects under Public Private
Partnership (PPP) mode.
For this government is planning to
constitute three member teams comprising gynaecologist, paediatrician
and anaesthetist at all Public Health Centres (PHCs), Urban Health
Centers and area hospitals to do feasibility studies and recommend
modalities for reforms.
Among all the AP government is giving
highest priority for supplying generic medicines to the poor patients
and is planning to start more than 200 generic medical stores across the
state. In place of existing Rajive Arogyasri cards, the AP government
is planning to replace it with NTR health cards and every poor under the
below poverty line will be eligible for the health cards.
About
the junior doctors, the state government is planning to bring a new
legislation to make it mandatory for the doctors to do compulsory rural
service for two years. At present the doctors are entitled to do one
year rural service, but they striking against the same and want the
government to completely remove the rule of compulsory rural service.
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