Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday said that the Chief Minister Health Insurance Scheme would be launched during the Statehood Day function on November 15.
"It is our ambitious project and we are looking forward to make it a success. The health insurance scheme would be launched in Ranchi on November 15 while for the entire State it would be launched from December 28.
In all 57 lakh poor families will be covered in the scheme," said Das, who was in Chakulia on Friday afternoon to inaugurate a three-storied 25-bed Anandalok private hospital.
Addressing the people , he announced that state government along with Anandalok hospital will construct house for nearly 500 homeless in Chakulia block soon.
He also said that Government will be allotting nearly 5 acres of land in Ranchi to Anandalok hospital for construction of a modern hospital.
Under the CM health Insurance Scheme there is a provision of Rs 50,000 in secondary care and Rs 2 lakh in special care. Das also said that soon another 500-bed hospital would be inaugurated in the Ghatshila sub-division.
"We want to promote health infrastructure and for this we had discussions with Meditrina Group of Hospital to convert the defunct HCl Hospital at Mosaboni in Ghatshila into a 500-bed super specialty hospital under a PPP mode very soon by the end of this year," said Das.He also announced that the Government will appoint 3,000 Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM). He added that the first fleet of 50 highway ambulances will be rolled out on November 15 in Ranchi.
"It is yet another important step being taking to ensure proper health care. In the first phase 50 ambulances comprising a combination of advanced life support and basic life support will be launched during the statehood function and would be integrated with 108 call center facility.
Thereafter, every month the Government will be rolling out 50 such ambulances. There are 329 such ambulances and we plan to have one ambulance for every 1lakh persons," said Das.
Noida-based Bafna Health Care and Ahmedabad-based Natraj Motors will be fabricating 329 vans which are already converted into ambulances with life-saving equipment.
In case of a mishap or sudden illness, people would be able to dial emergency helpline 108 to call highway ambulances. The ambulance will be well-equipped with life-saving equipment and trained para medical staff.