Andhra Pradesh CM directs health officials to set up oncology department in all medical colleges

The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has told the officials of the health department to set up an oncology department in all medical colleges.

During a Health and Family Welfare department review meeting in the camp office at Tadepalli, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy instructed the health department to set up an oncology department in all medical colleges.

“Build and strengthen the government health care facilities in the state and people would avail the Aarogyasri services at our hospitals. It is a win-win situation for the state if we set up the oncology departments in all medical colleges for prevention and treatment. It will help us with more PG seats along with the resources to treat the patients at government facilities,” said the Chief Minister, as reported by The Print.

He added, “People should be educated vigorously regarding the Aarogyasri referral hospitals and permanent hoarding should be kept at the village level. 104 call centre should be publicized so that people can get all the information regarding the services, referral hospitals, even ambulances at their doorsteps.”

Review meeting details

Officials informed the chief minister that the state’s expenditure for cancer treatment has increased four times since 2015. They further said that for Aarogyasri 1,40,639 virtual accounts were created for the people availing of the services to deposit the treatment amount which would be auto-debited in the hospital accounts.

Apart from ANM workers delivering the letters and getting feedback from the people who got treated under the Aarogyasri services, a proper follow-up mechanism to be created for them to check with the people in case they need further medication or medical consultancy said the Chief Minister.

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