The State government is to ensure that Apollo Hospital and Nandamuri Basava Taraka Rama Rao Memorial Cancer Hospital, both in Hyderabad, extended free treatment to poor families to the extent of 15% and 25% of inpatient beds respectively.
Stating this before the Telangana High Court on Tuesday, Advocate General B.S. Prasad presented a copy of Government Order (GO) Ms. No. 80 which mentioned about establishment of a mechanism to ensure free treatment of those from poor families by these two hospitals.
The AG mentioned about the GO when a PIL petition came up for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Surepalli Nanda.
