Health department officials claimed on Monday that 53 lakh families had been allocated Smart Cards under the National Health Insurance Scheme and Chief Minister Health Insurance Scheme.
It covers insurance up to a ceiling of Rs 30 thousand free of cost. The target is to insure all the families in Chhattisgarh.
The State Government had approved 772 hospitals in the entire state to provide medicare to patients. This includes 454 private hospitals. The officials said that an amount of Rs 1,146 crore had been paid as claims to 20 lakh 93 thousand patients. The process of issuing Smart Cards is still going on.