Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced extension of free health services under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana to all government medical college and hospitals from February 1.
All patients, irrespective of APL or BPL category, will be able to avail of this facility. Besides, all patients will be provided blood bank facility free of cost. Earlier, the free treatment facility for all were available at sub-centres in villages and district headquarters hospitals.
The BSKY was launched on August 15 last year. It has received overwhelming response with over 2.25 crore instances of free healthcare service being availed of by the people of the State, according to an official release.
This cashless care is being provided to all persons without any requirement of income, residence or any other document. The free services will cover all procedures available in all government health institutes such as in-patient beds, surgeries, Operation Theatre and ICU facilities.
₹100 crore for scheme
The State government has made an additional provision of over ₹100 crore from its budget for this purpose.
In empanelled private hospitals, over 70 lakh families will continue to avail of cashless care up to ₹5 lakh per annum per family, and ₹7 lakh for women members, the government said.