Hyderabad

The private hospitals in Andhra Pradesh have halted services under the flagship healthcare scheme of the State Government, Aarogysri.

According to a functionary of AP Hospitals Association, the outpatient and ‘some other’ services have been stopped from Monday by a few hospitals and all empanelled hospitals have stopped from Tuesday morning.

“The pending dues from the government have reached almost ₹3000 crore due to which hospitals are unavailable sustain services,” he said.

If the government failed to clear dues immediately, emergency services would also be stopped in about a couple weeks, he added.

In the meanwhile, the government is likely to hold discussions with the hospitals today to convince them to resume services.