By Express News Service
MALKANGIRI/BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched the distribution of good well being playing cards underneath the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana at Malkangiri.
Sukri Dhangda Majhi from the Bonda neighborhood was the primary recipient of the good well being card. People can avail high quality healthcare companies in 200 hospital chains of the nation together with Odisha with this card.
Launching the initiative, the Chief Minister mentioned that about 3.5 crore individuals from 96 lakh households within the state shall be benefited from this initiative. From Malkangiri alone, 1.55 lakh households shall be benefited. While households can avail remedy prices as much as Rs 5 lakh each year, for ladies family members, it’s as much as Rs 10 lakh. An individual can merely go to a hospital solely with the cardboard and avail all of the remedies with none trouble, he added.
The Chief Minister mentioned the initiative will convey a paradigm shift within the system of healthcare companies in India, the place a affected person will get the very best healthcare with none expense. The Chief Minister had additionally began the one rupee rice scheme from Malkangiri, which is likely one of the remotest districts of Odisha.
Describing the initiative as historic, the Chief Minister mentioned that well being is essential for everybody and linked with the funds of the household. “When anyone from the family is ill, there is stress and tension over how to organise the money required for treatment. Many sell their land, some other borrow or others stop education of their children,” he mentioned, including the good well being card will now deal with the remedy with out placing any burden on the members of the family.
Stating that the state authorities will now spend cash for the remedy, the Chief Minister mentioned that folks can save this cash and spend it for schooling of their youngsters or different functions. The Chief Minister mentioned that healthcare is imparted in all government-run hospitals freed from value. He mentioned that each one amenities together with dialysis, chemotherapy and totally different exams are actually accessible in authorities hospitals.
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Naba Kishore Das, Minister of State for Sports Tusharkanti Behera and Nabarangpur MP Ramesh Majhi additionally addressed the perform.