Kondru Murali takes charge

HYDERABAD: Newly appointed minister for Aarogysri, Vaidya Vidhana Parishad, 108 and 104 services Kondru Murali has appealed to junior doctors to withdraw their strike and come to the discussion table for finding a solution to their problems. Taking charge at the Secretariat on Thursday, the minister expressed hope that the issue of increase in stipend of junior doctors and others issues can be solved only through discussions. He appealed to them not to make poor patients suffer. Kondru Murali also signed the first file relating to payment of salaries to the 104 services staff amounting to Rs11 crore. He said he would take initiative to strengthen the Arogyasri scheme.