Aarogyasri health scheme’s scope expanded to 2k procedures

Amaravati, Nov 10 : The Andhra Pradesh government has expanded the scope of Dr YSR Aarogyasri, a flagship public healthcare scheme aimed at providing quality medical treatments to the poor, by 234 new procedures to raise it to 2,434, including cancer.
Until now, the scheme was being implemented in seven districts with 2,200 procedures and in six districts with 1,313 procedures, all of which now have been raised to 2,434 procedures.
“Many new medical procedures have been added to the list under YSR Aarogyasri. Apart from these treatments, the government is more focused on the medical infrastructure and the services provided to the people in the state,” said Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
The government is also taking steps to cover almost all medical procedures costing more than Rs 1,000 under the scheme.
The state government issued an order to give new eligibility criteria, wherein health cards with QR codes will be given to all families whose annual income is up to Rs 5 lakh.
As many as 1.35 crore cards have been distributed until now, out of 1.37 crore cards.