The state health minister convened a meeting in Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday to review the dengue control programme, progress of Mukhymantri Swasthya Bima Yojna (MSBY) and medical screening camp. Notably, the medical screening camp would be held on October 2.
In the screening camp, four doctors equipped with medical equipment like x-ray would visit the remote areas of the state accompanied by a team of pathologists.
The team comprises one physician, one child specialist, one gynecologist and one GDMO or paramedics. For surgeries, big hospitals have been empanelled.
Mention worthy, Chief Minister had launched such service on September 2. Now, in the second phase, three teams each in Kumaon and Garhwal regions will organise 66 camps each.
Nodal officer of MSBY has been instructed to reimburse the empanelled private hospitals’ expense so that the beneficiaries would not face inconvenience in case of need.
The minister was apprised of the fact that the heart patient’s investigation is not included in MSBY package. The patients facing inconvenience on this count, the minister asked the officials to pay the investigation (angiography) expense to the hospitals as well. He also asked them to closely the performance of the toll free number 18001200180 on regular interval.
Negi asked the doctors concerned to conduct Eliza test for Dengue for Rs 1000 and rapid test for Rs 800. He said that the state government is receiving complaints daily that the private hospitals are over-charging the patients for these two tests.
He appealed to everyone coming across incidents of the private hospitals overcharging the patients to inform them on the toll free number. He at the same time assured the private hospitals that they would not face shortage of platelets.
He asked the health department to organise blood donation camps to meet the demand of the situation.
Health minister instructed the chief medical officer (CMO) to organise camps in the Dengue sensitive areas, spray intensive pyriproxifen medicine and launch awareness camps.
He asked them to organize two camps on each Sunday and asked IMA to provide four doctors for this. He appealed to the people to dry up their coolers and instructed the district magistrate to include the department concerned in these camps so that their help can be taken with immediate effect if it is required.
He also asked the CMOs and Chief Medical superintendents (CMS) to firm up a proposal for organizing free diagnostic tests and free distribution of generic medicine in the remote areas of the state and submit it to him in the next three days.
Among those who attended the meeting were the principal secretary Health Omprakash, DG Health Dr Kusum Nariyal, CMO Dr YS Thapliyal, director CMI Dr RK Jain, Dr Harish Kohli, Dr Rakesh Kalra, IMA president Dr JP Sharma, secretary Dr Mohit Goyal and Bajaj alliance official Pankaj Kapur.