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‘Arogyasri helps corporates’

VIZIANAGARAM: Lok Satta Party convenor Jayaprakash Narayan has stated that the grants sanctioned under the Arogyasri health insurance scheme will only benefit corporate hospitals more than the poor.

He said that he was ready to substantiate his argument provided the Chief Minister came for a discussion on the issue.

Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Dr. Narayan criticised the Government for allegedly neglecting primary health and favouring the corporate hospitals by earmarking funds on the pretext of providing better health care to the poor. If the Government had any intention to provide better health to the poor it must release more grants and supply medicines to the PHCs, he suggested.

Dr. Narayan asked how the scheme would benefit the poor when they were unable to get medical aid for minor ailments throughout the year at PHCs. On the party’s agitation against retail liquor outlets (belt shops), he said that the cadre could able to force closure of such shops in 1000 villages and booked 330 cases and also filed a writ petition in the State High Court.

The court had already pulled up the government for turning a blind eye to such unlicensed shops and adjourned the case for further hearing on December 27.

The Gujarat verdict should be an eye-opener to both State and Central Governments as the people voted for development, he aid and added that the Modi Government was able to supply uninterrupted power supply in the name of "Gram Jyothi" programme to the villages. Zonal coordinator of the party Vishnu Murthy, district convenor B. Babji and others were present.

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