Atchannaidu calls YSRCP’s one-crore signature drive a political gimmick


Development of a medical school, which used to take 20 years beforehand, will now be accomplished in simply two years in PPP mode, says Agriculture Minister Ok. Atchannaidu. Photograph Credit score: File Photograph

Describing the one crore signature drive launched by the YSRCP in opposition to the ‘privatisation’ of medical schools in Andhra Pradesh as a ‘political gimmick’, Agriculture Minister Ok. Atchannaidu has mentioned that the transfer was desgined to ‘deceive the folks’.

“Such theatrics are used for political acquire. Merely amassing signatures can not convey actual change,” the Minister mentioned in a press release on Monday and urged the general public to acknowledge the NDA authorities’s real efforts for residents’ welfare and reject the YSRCP’s ‘hole political stunts’.

Mr. Atchannaidu mentioned a revolutionary transformation in medical training by way of the Public-Personal Partnership (PPP) mannequin goals at benefiting college students from poor and middle-class households.

“As a part of the brand new initiative, the development of a medical school that beforehand took 20 years will now be accomplished in simply two years. The entire variety of medical seats is anticipated to extend from 500 to someplace between 1,700 and a couple of,000, with 850 seats particularly reserved for economically weaker and middle-class college students,” he mentioned.

As well as, 220 seats will probably be added to the federal government quota, rising it by 110 seats. “The hospitals inbuilt PPP mode will present world-class infrastructure, high-quality employees, and superspecialty docs. Residents will profit from free and environment friendly medical care underneath the Common Well being Coverage,” he mentioned.

Hospitals will develop to accommodate as much as 1,500 beds, Mr. Atchannaidu mentioned, including that the federal government goals to make sure higher healthcare for girls, youngsters, and the underprivileged, making the assets accessible to most of the people.