Former Chief Secretary (Health) Andhra Pradesh PV Ramesh, who dealt with a state -of -the -level seminar in Vijayawada on Sunday in Vijayawada. | Photo Credit: Gn Rao
Former State Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Care, PV Ramesh, said on Sunday (April 20) that health should be recognized as the fundamental right of citizens.
Jan Vignan Vedik and Makineni Basava Punnayy Vignan Kendram was organized together praja arrogya Vedik (Pav) that at the conference on the “privatization of medical faculties and Makineni Basava Punnayy Vignan Kendram, together organized by Praja Arrogya Vedik (Pav) Praja Arrogya Vedik (Pav) said that it was concerned that the medical sector in the state has not shown any improvement in spite of the change.
Compared to other countries, Kerala quoted as a model of the Indian health system, Kerala said lower mortality, better medical facilities, availability, availability and free health care for the people of this state.
He was critical of the state government’s decision on the transfer of the Government Hospital in the Chittoor district to Apollo hospitals and its plan to operate 10 medical faculties in the public and private partnerships (PPPS). He said that the practice of gathering cror of rupees through chapter fees and assignment of seats, regardless of merit, is unfair.
He said that the privatization of the medical sector led to high costs that were not unavailable to an ordinary person, he said that one of the four farmers in the state was led to the end of their lives because of the inability to provide health care costs. He said that development is not about the construction of roads, buying luxury cars, or showing GDP data, but to ensure that people around the state live a healthy life.
State Secretary General Pav T. Kameshware Rao said that privatization through PPP mode would allow management to sell half of the seats leading to exaggerated fees. This would reduce the scope of reservations to half, it would reduce the opportunities for students from the underestimated sections to become doctors, shifted the focus in the medical sector from services for profits and make health care inaccessible to the poor.
State President Pav MV Ramanayya criticized the “self -financing model” for medical seats under Go 107 and 108 and said that the coalition government led by TDP could not keep their promise to cancel these GOS
David Sudhakar, a budget analyst, said that the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends assigning at least 6 % of GDP to health care, the Union government will spend less than 1.9 % on it.
Former National President of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) G. Samaram said that sad commercial profits are replacing access to services that disappear.
He participated in State President IMA V. Ramprasad, attorney Tagore Yadav, prominent cardiologist A. Poornanand and vascular surgeon Makineni Kiran.
Published – April 20, 2025 20:37
