Network hospitals to droop Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva providers from October 10 over pending dues

Members of the Andhra Pradesh Speciality Hospital Association (ASHA) have introduced that every one providers below the Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva scheme will likely be discontinued from October 10, citing non-clearance of dues amounting to round ₹2,700 crore by the State authorities.

Addressing the media in Vijayawada on Wednesday, ASHA president Ok. Vijay Kumar stated that community hospitals within the State had supplied providers price greater than ₹5,300 crore to the general public because the formation of the TDP-led NDA authorities in June 2024. Of this, the federal government has cleared ₹3,800 crore thus far. Dr. Vijay Kumar added that further dues had been carried over from the earlier authorities, bringing the whole pending quantity to roughly ₹2,700 crore. Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav lately said within the Assembly that ₹670 crore has been uploaded on the Comprehensive Financial Management System, a authorities funds portal. However, the affiliation stated this quantity is but to be launched.

Under the scheme, payments for providers supplied in community hospitals are usually cleared inside two months. “But payments price ₹2,000 crore have been below scrutiny for greater than 400 days, with no readability on when they are going to be settled,” Dr. Vijay Kumar stated. It could also be recalled that the affiliation had beforehand introduced the discontinuation of medical providers in May. The choice was later reversed following intervention by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. The present choice comes after little progress in clearing the pending dues.

“Once once more, we’re unable to proceed offering medical providers below the scheme because the dues are mounting. Patients will now need to pay out of pocket for pre-operative procedures, corresponding to blood assessments and scans,” stated ASHA vice chairman S.V.L. Narayana Rao. Treatments, nonetheless, will proceed to be supplied freed from cost, however all providers below the Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva scheme will cease from October 10. The affiliation has determined to abstain from conferences or discussions till the ₹670 crore uploaded on the portal is launched, and urged that the scrutiny course of for the remaining ₹2,000 crore be accomplished instantly. In a letter to the Health Minister, ASHA clarified that the choice to halt providers is meant to stress the urgency of the matter, to not inconvenience the general public. The affiliation additionally confused that pending dues have to be cleared earlier than the introduction of the Universal Health Scheme within the State.