Free medicines for those treated under Rajiv Arogyashri scheme

East Godavari district collector announces free medicines for a year for scheme beneficiaries who have undergone treatment under it

PTI | June 30, 2010



The East Godavari collector M Ravichandra on Tuesday said that the persons who underwent operations and medical aid under Rajiv Arogya Sri would be provided free medicine upto one year.

The persons who underwent 123 types of diseases operations and medical facilities would get free medicines for a period of one yea, Ravichandra said.

The medicine would be given to the patients in four instalment in a year, he said.

The first phase of medicines would be given after 11 days discharged from the hospital, he said, adding that the medicines would be provided from the respective hospitals where they underwent surgeries or operations.

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