For the registration of families under the National Health Insurance Scheme and Mukhyamantri Health Insurance Scheme, the State health department will hold week-long camps in all the wards of Zone-8 of the Raipur Municipal Corporation from July 1. In these camps, along with registration of new families, smart cards will be distributed to the already registered families.
According to chief edical and health officer Dr KR Sonwani, camps would be organised at Veer Savarkar ward, Ramakrishna Paramahans ward, Sant Kabirdas ward, Shaheed Manmohan Singh Bakshi ward, Shaheed Bhagat Singh ward, Pt Ishwaricharan Shukla ward, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel ward, Sant Ramdas ward and Sant Ravidas ward of Zone number 8 for the second phase of registration from July1.
He said that smart cards of already registered families would also be prepared at the camps. Such families with maximum 5 members, by depositing `30 as health insurance premium at the registration centre, can receive the smart card on the same day.
He said that registration of APl and BPl families had been done in the Municipal Corporation area in the first phase from April 15 to 30. Now, registration of the left out families would be done at the second phase by holding camps at zone number 8, he added.
Dr Sonwani said that the smart card registration work of beneficiary families in Arang-Abhanpur, Tilda and Dharshinva development blocks of the district was in progress. Along with Raipur city, applications from the left out families of other places have been collected till June 29. At Raipur city, applications were being collected at the old CMHO office, Ghadi Chowk and at other places, at the offices of block medical officers and Janpad Panchayat offices.