Heath Minister Surendra Singh Negi has directed the officials of his department to ensure that the orders of State Chief Minister Harish Rawat that the people of the State not possessing the Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojna (MSBY) cards, provided free medical check up facility in the Government hospitals, should be implemented without delay.
He said that in view of the problems faced by people due to demonetization exercise, CM has ordered that such people should be provided this facility for next three months.
The minister gave these orders while undertaking a review meeting with department officials on Monday. He directed the Chief Medical Officers (CMO) to coordinate with the private hospitals so that they accept cheques from the patients.
The minister was told that in the second phase of MSBY, 3.3 lakh cards are prepared out of which 1 lakh cards are dispatched to block offices for distribution. The officers claimed that 43000 cards have been distributed till date. Negi told the officials that the task of distribution of health cards should be undertaken on war footing.
The minister also reviewed the progress of the free health camps of specialist doctors on the occasion. He said that a sum of Rs 3 Crore should be provided to the 108 ambulance service so that this service works without any hindrance.
In view of the suspected arrival of Swine Flu disease, the minister sought details of availability of Tami flu medicines in the hospitals of the State.
He said that the joining of new doctors should be strictly monitored.
The meeting was attended by Director General (DG) health services Dr Kusum Narriyal, joint director health Atar Singh and other senior officers of the department.