Overview

• Beneficiaries under Dr NTR Vaidya Seva increased to 13.4 lakh in 2024–25 from 12.5 lakh in 2023–24, a 6.68% rise cited by the minister.
• Payments to network hospitals include Rs 2,222 crore cleared, Rs 558 crore pending, and Rs 2,168 crore of bills under consideration.
• Government hospitals received Rs 457 crore with Rs 110 crore still due under the trust.
• The minister rejected claims that services had stopped and accused the previous YSRCP administration of irresponsibility, with no immediate response from the opposition.
• He also outlined a forthcoming hybrid health insurance plan to cover 1.43 crore BPL families and 20 lakh just-above-BPL families with Rs 2.5 lakh insurance and additional coverage up to Rs 25 lakh through the trust.