If things move in the right direction, no one will die due to lack of medical help as the State Government is all set to provide medical facility up to `1.7 lakh to each of its people, excluding the State Government employees.
The Chief Minister’s Health Insurance Scheme is set to be implemented by January 26, 2015. With the scheme being implemented, around 85 lakh people would be benefited. This would be a completely cashless scheme.
Principal Secretary, Medical & Health Dept., Omprakash said that this scheme is for non- Government employees. Under this scheme, a person can avail medical facility up to `1.70 lakh and they would get the facility completely free of cost.
He further said that the beneficiaries will be provided with health cards, which will be applicable in the Government hospitals, the Government-identified hospitals and the premier hospitals outside the State, including PGI Chandigarh.
Even the Government would reimburse fares when they would go outside the State for medical treatment as per the norms. In all, 600 diseases have been identified by the State Government and for the these diseases, the patients will get cashless benefit as per the scheme.
Omprakash further said that recently, the department has promoted 108 doctors. Out of them, 90 were sent to the hilly areas.
Most of them have joined their duties in their newly assigned places. Currently, 1500 posts are lying vacant. To fill the vacancies, the department has sent notifications for 747 posts to Public Service Commission, Haridwar. The posts left out will be filled by Medical Recruitment Commission (MRC), he added.