The Andhra Pradesh government will bear the cost of treatment amounting to ₹1.5 crore of a doctor named N Bhaskar Rao who tested positive for Covid-19. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced that the government will bear the cost of treatment amounting to ₹1.5 crore for Government Doctor N. Bhaskar Rao, who has been battling for his life at Care hospitals, Gachibowli, informed an official release on Saturday. Bhaskar Rao got shifted to Aayush hospital in Vijayawada on May 3 as his condition started to deteriorate. Later, they got shifted to Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, Hyderabad on May 9 and admitted in Yashoda and on May 10. He was advised to be put on ECMO (Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) and transplant lungs, but could not be able to afford as the cost is ₹1.5 crore.

Source: Mint June 06, 2021 02:13 UTC