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Officials crack down on 203 network hospitals for various irregularities

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Officials crack down on 203 network hospitals for various irregularities — Photo credit: The Hindu

Contract health employees under Andhra Pradesh Medical and Health Contract Employees Joint Action Committee (JAC), along with their children, stage a protest at King George Hospital (KGH) in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, demanding regularisation, payment of full gross salary and job security. — Photo credit: The Hindu

Contract health employees under Andhra Pradesh Medical and Health Contract Employees Joint Action Committee (JAC), along with their children, stage a protest at King George Hospital (KGH) in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, demanding regularisation, payment of full gross salary and job security. | Photo Credit: V Raju

More than 200 hospitals across Andhra Pradesh, empanelled under the Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva scheme, have been pulled up for various irregularities in providing health services to patients over the past two years.

According to a release from the Department of Health, Medical and Family Welfare, the NTR Vaidya Seva Trust imposed fines totalling ₹34.39 crore on 203 hospitals and initiated disciplinary action against 44 hospitals.

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