VIJAYAWADA: Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked officials to speed up construction of buildings for the 16 new medical colleges and teaching hospitals. He also asked them to expedite the work for establishing health hubs in all the districts. The CM, who reviewed the progress of works on the new medical colleges at his Tadepalli camp office on Wednesday, told officials to resolve any issues related to the new medical colleges and teaching hospitals by the month-end and complete the construction work at the earliest.
Officials were also asked to start the process of establishing health hubs in every district. Corporate companies would be invited to the health sector to set up super speciality hospitals in the hubs.
Jagan further directed officials to complete the construction of new primary health centres and village health clinics across the state. Referring to the family doctor concept, he wanted officials to plan for implementation of the system across the state from January 26, 2022.
On Thursday, the chief minister will formally pay the second instalment of financial assistance to women under YSR Asara scheme at Ongole. He will also address a public meeting at PVR high school grounds, which would be his first with the women beneficiaries after he assumed charge in May 2019. The second instalment of Rs 6,439.52 crore will be paid to 78.86 lakh women representing 7.97 lakh self-help groups. The women were promised financial assistance of Rs 75,000 each in four instalments. The amount is to be used for income generation activities which the government would facilitate.
A total of Rs 25,517 crore will be paid to these women in four instalments for four years. The cheques will be formally distributed from October 7 to 17. The chief minister will hand over the cheques to the beneficiaries in Ongole on Thursday.
