Archive · 2 Dec 2025
Amrutha Health Scheme Cards Distributed in Puttaparthi
In Puttaparthi, the District Collector gave special health cards to 172 people, including 55 orphaned children and 117 elderly residents.
These cards are part of the Amrutha Health Scheme, which helps people get free medical treatment without paying any money.
The scheme is for elderly people in old-age homes and children who don't have parents and live in registered care homes.
The cards can be used at any hospital that is part of the NTR Arogyaseva network in the district.
The goal is to make sure these vulnerable groups get all the medical help they need for free.
District Collector Shyam Prasad distributed Amrutha Health Scheme cards to 172 beneficiaries in Puttaparthi.
The beneficiaries include 55 orphaned children and 117 elderly residents from old-age homes and registered care institutions.
The scheme provides completely cashless treatment at all empanelled hospitals in the district through the NTR Arogyaseva network.
The initiative is part of the State Government’s social responsibility efforts to provide free healthcare to vulnerable groups.
The core objective is to offer end-to-end free, cashless medical services to the most vulnerable sections of society.
- Who
- District Collector Shyam Prasad and 172 beneficiaries (elderly and orphaned children)
- What
- Distribution of Amrutha Health Scheme cards
- When
- Monday
- Where
- PGRS Hall, local Collectorate, Puttaparthi
- Why
- To provide free, cashless medical treatment to vulnerable groups under the NTR Arogyaseva Scheme
- Location
- Puttaparthi, Sri Sathya Sai district
- Beneficiaries
- 172 (55 orphaned children, 117 elderly residents)
- Scheme
- Amrutha Health Scheme
- Government Initiative
- NTR Arogyaseva Scheme
- Eligibility
- Elderly in old-age homes, orphaned children in registered care institutions