Yashoda Hospital introduces health card:
Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu launched the city based Yashoda Hospital’s health card here recently. Speaking on the launch, Naidu said the card would be advantageous to the middle class and lower section of the people.
The chief minister stressed that unless private corporate and super specialty hospitals co-operate with the government, it would be impossible to ensure better healthcare service to the common man.Naidu informed that the government had decided to privatise sanitation in all teaching hospitals and hospitals under AP Vidya Vidhana Parishad.
Regarding teaching hospitals, a pilot scheme had already been commenced in another city based hospital, Niloufer hospitals, he said. The Yashoda health card is valid for three years and would be issued against a membership fee of Rs 5,000.
At the end of the term, the membership fee would either be refunded or renewed as per the member’s choice.
A member, along with three members of his/her family is entitled to 50 per cent discount on all diagnosis - outpatient and in-patient, 25 per cent discount on room tariff and theatre charges, 25 per cent discount on doctor’s fees and free ambulance service for in-patient within the twin cities.
Briefing the press persons about the card, Dr G S Rao, executive director, Yashoda hospital, said that for the patients who come from other districts of the state in critical conditions, this scheme would be of immense help.
The Yashoda hospital was presently concentrating on providing better healthcare and would come up with new branches in various parts of the state in the near future, Rao said. He said that the application forms for health card were available at Yashoda superspecialty hospital, Somajiguda and Malakpet and all branches of Andhra Bank in the twin cities.
The enrollment would begin from September 10, 2001 and continue till October 10,2001. The hospital plans to have a limited enrollment for the cards.
Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu launched the city based Yashoda Hospital’s health card here recently. Speaking on the launch, Naidu said the card would be advantageous to the middle class and lower section of the people.
The chief minister stressed that unless private corporate and super specialty hospitals co-operate with the government, it would be impossible to ensure better healthcare service to the common man.Naidu informed that the government had decided to privatise sanitation in all teaching hospitals and hospitals under AP Vidya Vidhana Parishad.
Regarding teaching hospitals, a pilot scheme had already been commenced in another city based hospital, Niloufer hospitals, he said. The Yashoda health card is valid for three years and would be issued against a membership fee of Rs 5,000.
At the end of the term, the membership fee would either be refunded or renewed as per the member’s choice.
A member, along with three members of his/her family is entitled to 50 per cent discount on all diagnosis - outpatient and in-patient, 25 per cent discount on room tariff and theatre charges, 25 per cent discount on doctor’s fees and free ambulance service for in-patient within the twin cities.
Briefing the press persons about the card, Dr G S Rao, executive director, Yashoda hospital, said that for the patients who come from other districts of the state in critical conditions, this scheme would be of immense help.
The Yashoda hospital was presently concentrating on providing better healthcare and would come up with new branches in various parts of the state in the near future, Rao said. He said that the application forms for health card were available at Yashoda superspecialty hospital, Somajiguda and Malakpet and all branches of Andhra Bank in the twin cities.
The enrollment would begin from September 10, 2001 and continue till October 10,2001. The hospital plans to have a limited enrollment for the cards.
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