Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has appealed to the people of the State to help those suffering from serious diseases to avail the benefits of the free medical treatment camps. He said that these camps are being organized in all the district headquarters. Medical treatment will be provided by renowned doctors of the country, besides of the State. The entire medical expenses will be borne by the State Government.
Medical treatment for heart, TB, cancer and 20 other diseases under the Jila Bimari Sahayta Yojna and medical treatment related to child heart, hearing impaired, vision impaired diseases will be provided.
Chouhan further mentioned that the State Government is committed to provide free medical treatment facilities to the poor. Therefore, special camps are being organized in every district to provide medical treatment to the citizens for serious, incurable and complicated diseases. Beside departmental doctors, renowned doctors of the private sector will provide treatment in these camps. Specialists have also given their consent to render their services in the camps.
Specialist doctors will examine the patients in these camps and the necessary amount for the treatment will be approved by the State Government on the spot. Chouhan has appealed to the people to inform others in the villages of their area and encourage people to visit the camps. This encouragement can give the gift of health to the suffering persons and children. In order to provide health facilities to common man of remote areas, camps have been organized earlier at block level before the district level. People suffering from serious diseases have been identified at primary level. Under this 42 thousand 200 persons suffering from serious diseases have been identified including 11 thousand 500 children below 18 years of age.
Complete treatment for all the diseases will be provided which are included under the State Diseases Help Scheme like cancer surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, renal surgery and renal transplantation, hip joint replacement, knee replacement, head injury (where operation is needed), spinal surgery, retinal detachment, complications after delivery, heart surgery, breast disease surgery, brain surgery, neuro surgery, MDR, pacemaker vascular surgery, congenital malformation, apolostic anemia, burn and post burn contracture, chronic renal disease and sterility.
Similarly, under the National Child health Programme, the identified diseases like neural tube defects, down syndrome, cleft lip and palatal/cleft palate alon, teliphase (club foot), developmental displesia of the hip, cataract since birth, deafness since birth, heart diseases since birth, retinopathy of pre maturity and child heart treatment, child hearing diseases and other diseases.
Medical treatment will be provided in the renowned hospitals of the country to the identified patients like AIIMS New Delhi, Siddhanta Red Cross hospital- Bhopal, Artmis hospital- Gurgaon, Asian Cancer hospital-Mumbai, Sarvodaya hospital- Faridabad, Narayan Hridalaya-Jaipur, AIIMS Bhopal, Platina Heart hospital- Nagpur, Dr. Ulhas hospital- Jalgaon, Orchid hospital - Jalgaon, Bansal hospital, Chirayu hospital, l.B.S. hospital, Narmada hospital, Swami Vivekanand Spine Center-Bhopal, Navodaya hospital -Bhopal, Om hospital-Bhopal, Seva Sadan Eye hospital-Bhopal, Career institute-Bhopal, Divya ENT hospital-Bhopal, Noble hospital- Bhopal, City hospital -Jabalpur, Ratan Jyoti Netralaya-Gwalior, Infinity heart Institute-Jabalpur, Bhandari hospital-
Indore, Medanta hospital-Indore, Shri Arbindo Institute-Indore, Greater Kailash hospital, CHl hospital -Indore, RJN Apollo hospital Spectra hospital-Gwalior, cancer hospital-Gwalior and other hospitals.
The district-wise dates of the health camps are as followed:- Sehore , Sagar, Jabalpur,
Rewa, Khandwa, Morena and Neemuch on January 15, Rajgarh, Balaghat, Satna, Jhabua, Bhind and Ujjain on January 21, Hoshangabad, Panna, Narsighpur, Shahdol, Dhar, Gwalior and Shajapur onJanuary 27, Bhopal, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Umaria, Indore, Guna and Mandsaur on February 1, Raisen, Tikamgarh, Anuppur, Alirajpur, Datia and Ratlam on February 7, Betul, Dindori, Burhanpur and Ashoknagar on February 13, Vidisha, Damoh, Seoni, Sidhi, Khargone, Shivpuri and Aagar on February 20 and Harda, Katni, Singrauli, Badwani, Sheopur and Dewas on February 27.