Publish white paper on vacancies and posts filled up in govt hospitals: Congress MLC T Jeevan Reddy

HYDERABAD: The Congress has demanded that the TRS government should come out with a white paper on the number of existing vacancies and the number of posts of specialists, doctors, nurses filled up in the government hospitals and in the medical and health sector in the state.
"What happened to CM KCR's announcement that 50,000 MBBS pass outs would be recruited on a temporary basis to attend to Covid-19 patients. How many MBBS pass outs have come forward to offer their services since the May 9 announcement of KCR," asked Congress MLC T Jeevan Reddy on Wednesday.
People are worried about being infected with coronavirus. Does Ayushman Bharat cover all the BPL families in Telangana for coronavirus treatment? If not, include Covid-19 treatment in the Aarogyasri scheme, he demanded.
Though the high court has directed the state government to stop private hospitals from charging huge bills for Coronavirus patients, the government has failed to stop the private hospital managements.
“There is no CT scan facility in TIMS, ENT Chest Hospital. With the threat of a severe third wave looming large, the government should provide CT scan equipment and other required infrastructure facilities in even the district hospitals,” he said and demanded Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia for the family members of those who died due to Coronavirus.