The government is going to launch a new scheme so that no poor person of the state is deprived of treatment. Under this scheme, all those people who are deprived of Ayushman card and have ration card will get treatment facility up to Rs 15 lakh.
Chief Minister Champai Soren directed the officials to complete all the processes to start this scheme as soon as possible. He was holding a high-level meeting today to review the schemes of the Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Department here on Tuesday.
The CM said that all the health sub-centers of the State should be improved so that the villagers get primary treatment facilities here. He said that there should be regular presence of health workers here. Along with this, a notice board should be installed outside the health sub-center, in which the name and mobile number of the concerned health worker is mentioned, so that any villager can contact him if needed. The CM said that the current capacity of students in all the government nursing schools and colleges of the state should be increased. Along with this, the students who are studying nursing in these nursing schools and colleges should get the benefit of scholarship scheme. Along with this, ensure better placement of these students.
The CM said that there is a need to increase the number of medical colleges to make the health system in Jharkhand better and stronger. In this direction, the Health Department should take steps to invite investors to open medical colleges on PPP mode. Investors should be assured that they will be given all the necessary support from the government to open medical colleges.
The CM gave many more important instructions. OPD and medical checkup facilities should be available in the same building in all hospitals. Tree plantation should be done in the campus along with the construction of boundary wall in all health sub-centers and other hospitals. The number of dialysis units should be increased in hospitals. Ensure the availability of MRI machine in Ranchi Sadar Hospital. There should be repair of infrastructure of hospitals, arrangement of drinking water, toilets and electricity, delivery room, medical equipment and medicines. In those health centers and hospitals where there is no arrangement of ICU beds, there should be an initiative to start ICU beds and Tele ICU Enabled Care Critical Care Unit. 108 ambulance service should be operated in a better manner.
In this high level meeting, Chief Secretary L. Khiangte, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister Avinash Kumar, Principal Secretary of Health Department Ajay Kumar Singh, MD of Jharkhand Medical and Health Infrastructure Development and Procurement Corporation Abu Imran, Campaign Director of NHM Alok Trivedi, Director General of Health Services Dr. CK Sahi and Director Medicine Ritu Sahay along with many officials of the Health Department were present.
