More than 11,548 poor and destitute people have received Rs 65.45 crore for medical treatment from Chief Minister’s discretionary fund for treatment.
According to official sources, orders are to be sent to the medical institutions for the treatment of the relatives directly for the continuation of treatment as the Chief Minister's discretionary fund was spent before the assembly elections and an immediate arrangement of Rs 7 crore was made while taking the problem of seriously of people suffering from severe illness.
On the other hand, in the previous government, the Chief Minister's discretionary grant fund was more than Rs 120 crore in a financial year, which former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had spent before the model code of conduct came into force of the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha election. The poor and destitute people needed funds for treatment.
CM Kamal Nath directed officers to make immediate arrangements for an amount of Rs 7 crores with the same amount patients suffering from serious illness like cancer, kidney transplant, dialysis and accident across the state and from December 18, 2018 to January 16, 2019 a total of 651 affected people were provided help.
It continued further and a total amount of Rs 65458970 to 11548 families till August 31, 2019 was provided.
In a financial year the provision of the amount of Chief Minister's discretionary Fund is Rs 70 crore and after this amount has been spent, in view of the work of this public welfare, arrangements will be made with the Emergency Fund according to the instructions of the Chief Minister.