Eye treatment to dialysis: Andhra gears up to launch Jagananna Aarogya Suraksha on Sept 30

Amaravati: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said Jagananna Aarogya Suraksha would be launched on September 30.

Jagan directed the officials to make the event successful akin to Jagananna Suraksha.

During a virtual review meeting on YSR Aarogyasri held at the Camp Office, the Chief Minister told District Collectors that the programme would run for 45 days in four phases.

The fifth phase will involve hand-holding the chronic patients by family doctors and village clinics to provide periodical treatment. The Chief Minister released a brochure ‘How to get free medical treatment under YSR Aarogyasri’ published by the Aarogyasri Health Care Trust to create awareness among the public.

In the first phase, teams consisting of volunteers, Gruha Saradhulu, and people's representatives would begin visiting households in rural and urban areas to identify the health issues of people and collect their details.

In the second phase, health workers like ANMs, ASHA workers, CHOs, and volunteers would visit the people and create awareness on downloading the Aarogyasri App and efficiently using the scheme at various hospitals free of cost.

In the third phase, teams consisting of volunteers, Gruha Saradhulu, and people's representatives would remind the people to attend the health camps three days in advance.

In the fourth phase, health camps would be conducted with the active involvement of four doctors, two specialist doctors, and two from the PHCs.

In the entire process, family doctors and village clinics will play the lead role, he said.

The first phase will begin on September 15. Health camps in all Mandals and urban wards will be conducted by September 30.

He said that the Jagananna Aarogya Suraksha is a recurring programme involving periodic diagnosis of patients, periodic consultation, and periodic supply of medicines wherever necessary with post-treatment medicines also being given to the chronic patients.

General health and eye camps should be organized on a particular day in each village and ward. After conducting diagnostic tests at the camps, people would be advised on treatment methods and given free medicines and eyeglasses by family doctors, he said.

In every village and ward, all households should be covered for identifying people suffering from chronic ailments and BP and sugar, anemic patients, pregnant women, lactating mothers, dialysis and paralysis patients apart from neonatal cases, said the Chief Minister.

It involves hand-holding chronic patients in the fifth phase. Patients would not only be counseled but also motivated to visit Aarogyasri hospitals for necessary treatment.

“Every month, health camps should be conducted in four villages at least in every Mandal. We want to organize camps in all villages every six months,” he said.