The shadow of the dengue menace still hanging over the State with fresh cases being reported daily, the State Health Minister Surendra Singh Negi chose to focus on the publicity aspect of the ongoing schemes like Mukhya Mantri Swasthya Bima Yojna during the review meeting of health department he convened on Friday.
He instructed the officials to publicise the free diagnostic facility meant for the BPl families, medical facility upto Rs 1.75 lakh for them under Mukhya Mantri Swastha Bima Yojna (MSBY), free screening camps by expert doctors at block levels so that more and more number of beneficiaries would be able to avail the
facilities.
He instructed them to expedite the distribution of MSBY cards while asking them to make a contract for the purchase of equipments related to bone ie plates, needles and rod. During the meeting, the officials apprised that 1.35 lakh MSBY cards had been printed with one lakh cards having been already distributed and the remaining ones to be provided soon.
He asked the health department officials to ensure coordination with the companies with which the department had signed contracts to expedite the left -out works. He stressed on the officials disbursing cards to the beneficiaries at the earliest.
The meeting was attended by DG Health Kusum Nariyal and other officials of health department.