The Health Minister of Uttarakhand Surendra Singh Negi has directed the officials of health department to expedite the distribution of the health cards of the Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojna (MSBY). The Minister took a review meeting of the health department at Vidhan Sabha on Thursday. In the meeting the Health Minister was informed that 4.14 lakh health cards have been prepared in phase II of MSBY and out of them 2.89 lakh cards have reached the beneficiary families. Negi said that the remaining cards should be disbursed at the earliest. He also directed the officials to coordinate with the insurance company so that all pending claims are settled. The special advisor Dr Ajit Gairola informed that 18971 patients were examined in different free health camps in the month of December this year.
The Minister also took a review of eye camps. He was told that vision examination of 17185 people has been done in these camps and cataract operations of 1197 patients have been performed. The minister asked the joint secretary health Atar Singh to release pending payment of the 108 emergency ambulance service so that these services are not hindered. He also reviewed the status of the construction of residential facilities in health centres under National Health Mission (NHM). Negi also reviewed the recruitment of dental doctors and pharmacists. The meeting was attended by Additional Secretary health Niraj Khairwal, Director General (DG) health Services Dr Kusum Nariyal and other senior officers of the department.