The number of people who are getting the benefit of Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojna (MSBY) in the Doon hospital here is increasing. The data suggests that 11,096 patients have availed the benefit of the insurance scheme in the first quarter (April, May and June) of this Financial Year (FY).
Releasing the data of services rendered by the hospital in first quarter, the Principal Medical Superintendent (PMS) of Doon hospital Dr R S Aswal told newsmen that the hospital is giving the benefit of MSBY to those who despite being eligible for scheme do not yet have the cards.
The nodal officer of the MSBY Dr N S Khatri said that 184 people got the benefit of the scheme in the month of April, while 468 and 544 people were treated free of cost under the scheme in the months of May and June respectively. He informed that the hospital has claimed an amount of Rs 89 lakhs from the insurance company under MSBY. The PMS felicitated the eye surgeon of the hospital Dr B C Ramola for doing fifty cataract operations under MSBY this year.
Dr Aswal informed that the patients in the total Out Patient Department (OPD) of the hospital in the first quarter rose by 15505 as compared to similar period of last year. A total of 230684 patients visited the hospital in the months of April, May and June.
Dr Aswal informed that the number of in-house patients during the first quarter was 6304 this year. In radiology department the number of digital X rays increased appreciably this year as 4965 more such X rays were done.