Overview
- The Health Ministry issued a 27-page advisory to Andhra Pradesh detailing EOM-mode PPP guidelines, payment mechanisms and proposed 5–10 year engagements across five services.
- The plan prioritises nuclear medicine expansion, proposing PET-CT, SPECT and radiotherapy access for patients in rural and semi-urban areas.
- Radiology capacity would be upgraded under PPP by installing X-ray, CT and MRI equipment in government facilities.
- Primary-level dental services are flagged for urgent strengthening at PHCs and CHCs through PPP with modern equipment.
- Fourteen cancer day-care centres have been sanctioned for 2025–26 in Andhra Pradesh, aligning with a national goal to equip all government hospitals by 2027–28.