Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust has directed all the Government hospitals across the State to make use of the available funds accrued under the scheme for improving the amenities and infrastructure in their respective buildings to provide better medicare to the patients.
It had come to the notice of the Trust that about ₹5 crore was lying unspent in the hospitals including the major ones despite dire need in many areas. Trust CEO M. Chandrasekhar called upon the hospital superintendents to form internal committees to make use of the funds.
Government Hospitals share from Aarogyasri was 30 % (compared to 70% of private hospitals) and they were directed to spend 45 % on respective hospital infrastructure, 35% for doctors and paramedical staff as incentive and 25 % as the revolving fund. And, this infrastructure fund was lying idle which the Trust want hospitals to utilise for their own immediate needs.
At a meeting attended by hospital heads and also Director of Medical Education Ramani on Wednesday, Dr. Chandrasekhar urged them to have separate bank accounts for funds obtained through Aarogyasri treatment instead of putting them in a common account which would have take approvals from the hospital development societies headed by the District Collectors.
The CEO said equipment for taking up diagnostic tests and vital medicines could be purchased rather than forcing the patients to make use of private labs or procure medicines from outside. The superintendents should also ensure the diet worth ₹100 a day is given to the patients and for SC/ST patients the attender too was eligible for the same.
He also called upon them to ensure proper registration of patients online so that the correct reflection of the Government hospitals contribution towards the scheme could be ascertained.
