India, Sept. 26 -- Telangana's private hospitals are owed over Rs 2,000 crore in pending government dues, a backlog now threatening to derail the state's revamped Employee Health Scheme (EHS) before it can properly launch, according to Telangana Today.

The Telangana Aarogyasri Network Hospitals Association (TANHA) says the dues have built up over nearly 15 months, covering unpaid bills under Aarogyasri, which serves below-poverty-line families, and the previous EHS, which covers government employees and their dependants. TANHA president Dr. Vaddiraju Rakesh said the backlog has left hospitals unable to sustain operations, let alone take on new patients at lower reimbursement rates.

The fallout is already visible. Not one of the state's ...