Principal Secretary (Health) M.T. Krishna Babu has said that efforts are being made to meet the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) in the delivery of services in the primary and community health centres and area and district hospitals.
He further says that efforts are under way to meet the norms of the National Medical Commission (NMC) as far as the medical colleges and teaching hospitals are concerned.
Due emphasis has been laid on the provision of affordable, quality and timely healthcare to the poor in the private hospitals empanelled under the Dr. YSR Aarogyasri scheme, he says.