Former senior official criticizes Andhra Pradesh government for planning to operate 10 medical colleges under PPP model

The former chief secretary of Andhra PV (Hydical) addressed the state-level workshop in Vijayawada on Sunday. |Photo source: Gn Rao

Former Secretary of State Health and Family Welfare PV Ramesh said on April 20 (April 20) that health should be regarded as a basic right of citizens.

Speech at the meeting on “Analysis of the Medical School’s Privatization and Andhra Pradesh Health Budget”, co-organized by Praja Arogya Vedika (PAV), Jana Vignana Vedika and Makineni Basava Punnayya Vignana Kendram. He said the state’s health department has shown no improvement despite the changes in the guards, which is a concern. He said

He said he believes Kerala is a model of India’s health care system compared to other states, with lower mortality rates and better medical facilities, accessibility, affordability, affordability and free health care for the people in the state.

He criticized the state’s decision to transfer the Chittal District Government Hospital to Apollo Hospital and its plan to operate 10 medical schools under the Public-Private Partnership (PPPS) model. He said the practice of collecting rupees through capitation fees and allocating seats is unfair.

He said the privatisation of the health sector has resulted in high costs that could not be afforded by the average person, and he said every four of every four farmers in the state were forced to terminate their lives because they could not afford health care. He said development is not about building roads, buying luxury cars or showing GDP figures, but about ensuring people across the state live a healthy life.

PAV Governor T. Kameshwara Rao said privatization through the PPP model will allow university administrators to sell half of the seats, resulting in high fees. This will cut the level of bookings by half, limiting students in poor sectors’ opportunities to become doctors, shifting the focus of the medical sector to services, and making access to health care for the poor.

PAV’s state president MV Ramanayya criticized the “self-funding model” of medical seats under Articles 107 and 108, and said the TDP-led coalition government failed to deliver on its promise to abolish these GOSs

Budget analyst David Sudhakar said that despite the World Health Organization (WHO) recommending that at least 6% of GDP be allocated to health care, coalition government spends less than 1.9%.

Sadly, business achievements are replacing a service-oriented approach, said G. Samaram, former President of the Indian Medical Association (IMA).

Ima V. Ramprasad’s state president, advocate Tagore Yadav, renowned cardiologist A. Poornanand and vascular surgeon Makineni Kiran attended the meeting.