Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Dr Jl Uike formally inaugurated the distribution of smart cards for beneficiaries under Rashtriya ‘Swasthya Bima Yojana’ (RSBY) and ‘Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojana’ (MSBY) at District Hospital in Gariband on Friday.
Twenty beneficiaries of the schemes were distributed smart cards on the occasion. The CMHO disbursed RSBY smart cards to three beneficiaries including, Bindabai of Monhada, Mamta Bai of Kusumbuda and Bairagi Ram of Dumarpeet. Similarly, Chhabi Singh of Gariaband and Awadh Ram Dewangan of Aamdi were distributed smarts cards under MSBY.
Expressing pleasure after getting the smart cards, the beneficiaries said that now, they will not have to wait for money for life saving treatments as they have received an insurance cover of Rs30,000 under the scheme.Under the RSBY which covers the entire Below Poverty line families of the state, the beneficiaries would get facility of treatment worth Rs30,000 per year at all the government and registered private hospitals. The families, which were left out under the RSBY are being benefited under MSBY.