The Health Minister of Uttarakhand, Surendra Singh Negi has asked the senior officers of the health department to expedite the process of claim settlement of the empanelled private hospitals in the ambitious Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojana (MSBY) so that beneficiaries under the scheme do not face any problem.
The Minister gave these orders while undertaking a review meeting of MSBY at Vidhan Sabha auditorium on Monday. The Minister said that 817583 health cards have been distributed to the beneficiaries and 34778 medical claims with an amount of Rs18.16 Crore are paid under the scheme till date.
He further informed that in the second phase of the scheme, where the annual claim amount is increased to Rs1.75 lakh, a total of 112 claims have been received till date. The II Phase of the scheme was launched to August 01. He said that the process of registration of the scheme for II Phase has begun and all mediums of the public awareness are being used to perpetuate the scheme.
The Minister directed the officials to ensure that the forms are available with the Asha workers in sufficient numbers.
He said that the emergency 108 ambulance services should not be allowed to be affected and directed the secretary and additional secretary to deal any administrative and financial problem to the service on immediate priority. Negi directed the officials to release a sum of Rs60 lakhs to the service within next two days.
He said that 28 new ambulances should be added to the fleet of the emergency service. The Minister also reviewed the preparation of the mobile medical screening camps which would be organised in remote areas of the State from September 01. The meeting was attended by the Secretary health Bhupender Kaur Olakh, Advisor Dr Ajit Gairola, Director Dr Asha Mamagain, MSBY coordinator Dr HCS Martoliya and Dr Amit
Shukla.