Include COVID, black fungus treatment in Aarogyasri: Cong.

TPCC organises ‘Satyagraha Deeksha’

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has demanded that the State and Central governments include the treatment of novel coronavirus and black fungus infections in the Aarogyasri and Ayushman Bharat schemes so that poor people could get timely and free treatments. Speaking at ‘Satyagraha Deeksha’ organised in response to a call given by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) here on Monday, TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said inclusion of the two dreaded infectious diseases would allow the poor and middle class families get treatment in private and government hospitals. He also suggested the State government to follow the directions of the High Court in dealing with the COVID situation and also ensure reimbursement of excess charges collected by the private hospitals to the families of patients concerned. He said the TPCC as also the Congress leaders had been asking the State government to include the two infections under Aarogyasri from the very beginning.