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Health States - Andhra Pradesh AP extends Arogyasri scheme Our Bureau Hyderabad, April 4 The Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to extend the community health insurance scheme Rajiv Arogyasri to five more districts of Medak, Karimnagar, Kadapa, Prakasam and Nellore beginning April 15. Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister, would launch the scheme in each of these districts this month. Currently, the scheme is being implemented in eight districts. A total of 71.39 lakh families, a little over one-third of the total population of these districts, in the below poverty line category were covered in the first two phases. The third phase would cover 35 lakh people more in a population of 1.23 crore in the five districts. The health insurance scheme is being offered by Star Health and Allied Insurance Company for the Arogyasri Trust, formed by the State Government to implement the scheme. The third phase of the programme (after the pilot in three districts and the subsequent expansion to five more districts) would cover 272 procedures, including heart, lung and liver, Ms Galla Aruna Kumari, Minister for Medical Education and Health Insurance, said. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, she said a total of 2,042 medical camps were conducted so far. Over 21,768 surgeries were performed with expenditure of Rs 97 crore at an average of Rs 44,571 a surgery. More Stories on : Health | Social Welfare | Andhra Pradesh
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