Cashless Treatment Worth Rs. 36,90,960 Given To The Beneficiaries

Sri Anandpur Sahib

Under the Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna, as many as 906 residents of belonging to poor strata of society in Sri Anandpur Sahib, have availed of the benefit of state government’s welfare scheme of cashless treatment. The cashless treatment worth Rs 36,90,960 has been provided at empanelled private as well as government hospitals, so far.

Divulging details, at the review meeting, the Senior medical officer Dr. Kavita Bhatia said that keeping in view the positive results of the scheme, the state government had extended its term for the second time. Now it would be in force till October, 2018, he added.

Under the scheme, the families identified under Atta-Daal have been given special cards at a nominal membership rate of Rs 30 per family. Whenever anybody in need of any type of indoor treatment, he/she has to just show the card and after that the concerned hospital would not charge any amount from that person up to the cashless limit of Rs. 50,000.

Dr. Anand Ghai, the nodal officer for the scheme, said that for the period of first extension from November 2017, a total of 906 patients have been given a treatment worth Rs. 36,90,960 up to the month of April, 2018. Similarly, in the previous years, a total of 422 patients have undergone cashless treatment worth Rs. 17,28,840 during the period of 2015-16 (November to December). During the period of November 2016 to October 2017, a total of 344 patients were given cashless treatment by the empanelled hospitals, worth Rs. 14,63,918.

He calls upon the Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Scheme card holders to draw maximum benefit of the Scheme up to the October 2018 and contact DMC office, in case of any problem. He also appealed them to show the smart card to the empanelled hospital before getting start treatment.