The State Government started the free pathology test facility for the patients’ registered under the Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojna (MSBY) at the Government health centres from Sunday.
Announcing the launch of the scheme at the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the Principal Secretary Health, Om Prakash said that 28 pathology tests for the MSBY cards holders would be free in Government hospitals.
Congratulating the health department on launching the free pathology test scheme, the Chief Minister Harish Rawat said that people of the state would be benefitted from it. However on a cautionary note, he said that department should have a backup plan so that the scheme doesn’t crumble under pressure of patient load. He said that free medicine and free pathology test facilities would prove beneficial for the people of the State.
Though the free pathology test scheme was launched on Gandhi Jayanti, the real test of the scheme would be from Monday. The heads of health centres are really worried for rush of people to get their pathology tests done. The pathology labs in all Government centers are already reeling under heavy patient due to prevalence of seasonal diseases.