Umarkote CHC charges user fee

| | UMARKOTE | in Bhubaneswar

The State Government has issued guiding principles to provide free services at public health facilities from this month with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announcing provision of free services at public health centres while launching the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) on June 12 and a circular in this context being circulated by the Health and Family Welfare Department.

But the instruction is not adhered to by the Community Health Center (CHC) here, allege local denizens. The Rogi Kalyan Samiti (RKS) here is charging user fees to the patients as before despite the Government norms, said Santilata Majhi an indoor patient.

When connected, the CHC in-charge said he has no knowledge about this and he would make an inquiry about the fact.