Drawing inspiration from the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana(SAGY), a private university in Punjab has come forward to take care of the health of people living in five villages.
Pioneering in following the track set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Adesh Medical University has adopted five villages of Bathinda for free treatment of the people staying there.
Under the plan, the University, situated in Bhuchcho Mandi in Bathinda has adopted Tungwali, lehra Mohabbat, Burj Kahan Singh Wala, Bhuchcho Kalan and Bhuchcho Khurd villages for free treatment.
The University has started issuing health cards to the residents of these villages and residents of two villages Tungwali and Bhuchcho Khurd have already been issued health cards.
The beholders of these cards will be given free treatment in the hospital being run with the University.
The University authorities say that complete data of the residents of these villages is being prepared by their team. A door to door survey is being conducted in these villages to know about the health issues of the people.
Dr Gurpreet Singh Gill Managing Director of the Adesh Medical College said that presence of Uranium and Nitre in underground water in Malwa led to bone related problem in this area. lack of medical facilities in this area converts small ailments into fatal diseases at times, he added.
He said that under the scheme all the treatment would be provided free of cost and the patient will have to bear 50 percent cost of medicines only. The routine tests will be provided free while patients will have to pay 50% for the costly tests like MRI or CT scan etc. The hospitalisation of the patients of these villages would also be free.