Hyderabad, May 23rd: Rajiv Arogyasri, the most prestigious health care scheme introduced by chief minister, Dr. Y.S Raja Shekar Reddy has proven to be popular scheme all over the world. Nearly 40 countries have approached the state government to learn about this scheme.
On the invitation given by WHO (World Health Organization), chief executive officer of the Arogyasri health care trust, Dr. A. Babu had left for a panel discussion in Geneva. The state governments of Orissa, West Bengal and Karnataka have expressed their interest in the initiative.
Arogyasri in charge, Dr Kamaladevi revealed that this cash less health insurance scheme has covered over six crore people in 23 districts through a network of 367 government and private hospitals. Nearly 10, 149 camps were conducted with over 17 lakh people screened and 8.4 lakh registered and referred for various government and private hospitals for further treatment.
The scheme covers 330 medical and surgical procedures relating to heart, kidney, brain, cancer and also injuries caused by domestic accidents and burns. The scheme is designed to provide free treatment to BPL (Below Poverty Line) families and white card holder’s upto Rs 1.5 lakh and extending it to 2 lakh if required.
Hyderabad, May 23rd: The number of seats in MBA (Master of Business Administration) and MCA (Master of Computer Application) courses are likely to increase this year. This rise is due to the increase of number of applicants this year. For the academic year 2009-10 as many as 2, 11,900 candidates ap...
Hyderabad, May 25th: 35 ministers were induced into state cabinet at a grand function organized at Raj Bhavan Here on Monday. Andhra Pradesh State Governor, Narayan Dutt Tiwari administered the oath of offence to the ministers in the presence of chief minister Y.S Raja Shekar Reddy. Dr. Reddy...
Hyderabad, May 25th: The results of IIT-JEE (Joint Entrance Exam) 2009, held on April 12 were released on Monday. Over 10,035 students have qualified for this exam this year with Nitin Jain, a student from Delhi zone topping the list. Out of the total 10,035 students qualified 1,048 are girls. Near...
Kakinada, May 25th: A six year old boy M. Abhishek was kidnapped on Monday. The news became attention-grabbing as he was the grand son of both former DGP (Director General of Police), M.S Raju and famous children specialist of Mamatha Nursing Home, Dr. D.V K Raju. Parents of Abhishek, M. Ravi and Apa...
Kakinada, May 25th: Under the Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Protsaham scheme adopted by the Reliance industries, the top SSC students from economically backward classes will be selected for admission into two year intermediate course in corporate colleges in East Godavari District. According to the sch...
Kakinada, May 25th: The education authorities are making elaborate arrangements for the smooth conduct of DSC (District Selection Committee)-2008 (Which is being conducted in 2009) in East Godavari district which is scheduled to be held from May 29 to 31. For the available 3,321 teacher posts...
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