Haryana to offer health insurance scheme for poor soon

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government would soon implement a health insurance scheme to provide free healthcare services to the poor in the state. The cost of premium will be borne by the state government. Disclosing this after inaugurating the Adesh Medical College and Hospital at Mohri village of Kurukshetra district on Saturday, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said efforts were being made to ensure that every person had access to healthcare services.

He said medical colleges were being set up in all districts to meet the shortage of doctors in government hospitals. As many as 28 colleges would be set up in the state over the next two years which would help meet the requirement of 17,000 doctors, said the CM.

Khattar said private organizations had been roped in establish ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy (AYUSH) colleges in the state. They are setting up medical colleges in Sirsa, Palwal, Dadri, Rewari and Kurukshetra districts.

The state government aims at providing modern healthcare services through a web of medical colleges. In this direction, it has been decided to start specialist courses in such disciplines as neurosurgery, neurology and pathology in Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak in 2017-18.

Dental, nursing and physiotherapy courses would also be started in the medical college at Nuh. Social service organizations are installing MRI and CT scan machines in government hospitals in five districts under PPP mode. Similarly, dialysis machines have been installed in 10 districts and catheterization laboratories (catch labs) have been established in Panchkula, Faridabad, Gurugram and Ambala, Khattar said.