Aarogyasri patients face crisis as hospitals in Telangana

Small and medium hospitals from Telangana on Monday announced an indefinite blockage of healthcare services to the beneficiaries of the Aarogyasri health insurance scheme from Tuesday midnight, over pending medical bills.

The decision to withhold services was made after a series of meetings over the past 20 days between hospital managements and



health authorities, including the Health Minister, which failed to yield any positive results.

At present, according to Telangana Network Hospitals Association for Aarogyasri (TANHA), which is spearheading the protests and represents over 360 hospitals in Telangana, the State government is yet to clear medical bills worth Rs 1300 crore to Rs 1400 crore.