Thiruvananthapuram: In the wake of soaring grievances about lockdown affecting treatment for dialysis patients, the district panchayat is set to provide free dialysis treatment for eligible patients for one year.
A total of 1,171 patients have been identified in rural areas across different panchayats.
District panchayat president V K Madhu said government staff and those who are already enrolled under Karunya benevolent schemes will not be eligible for the project.
“We have two hospitals at Nedumangadu and Neyyatinkara with 25 and 11 units, respectively. At present we give Rs 500 as dialysis aid for BPL patients and Rs 600 for APL patients. A single process could cost them an average of Rs 1,400 since reagent and medicine would cost around Rs 660. We will arrange free dialysis for eligible patients,” said Madhu.
He said, in addition to this, those who undergo dialysis at private hospitals will be given Rs 900 as aid by district panchayat.
The panchayat will finalise an agreement with respective private hospitals and amount will be reimbursed to the hospitals by the panchayat.
“The beneficiaries can submit medical records, doctors’ certificate at district panchayat and register for this scheme before May 10. We will issue a medical card to the beneficiaries and based on this card treatment can be availed,'' said Madhu.
The district panchayat will also bring patients who have undergone kidney and liver transplant under this scheme.
Medicines will be distributed through 12 medical shops under district panchayat.
“Many people have run out of jobs and have not been able to purchase medicines or to undergo dialysis. We will make use of our network of medical shops to make available the necessary medicines to patients who have transplanted kidney and liver. The crisis resulted by the pandemic is huge and panchayat is trying to mitigate the impact,” he said.
The scheme was announced in the panchayat budget for 2020-21.
The project registration will be completed by May 10 and by third week of May people can avail the benefits of the scheme.
A total of 1,171 patients have been identified in rural areas across different panchayats.
District panchayat president V K Madhu said government staff and those who are already enrolled under Karunya benevolent schemes will not be eligible for the project.
“We have two hospitals at Nedumangadu and Neyyatinkara with 25 and 11 units, respectively. At present we give Rs 500 as dialysis aid for BPL patients and Rs 600 for APL patients. A single process could cost them an average of Rs 1,400 since reagent and medicine would cost around Rs 660. We will arrange free dialysis for eligible patients,” said Madhu.
He said, in addition to this, those who undergo dialysis at private hospitals will be given Rs 900 as aid by district panchayat.
The panchayat will finalise an agreement with respective private hospitals and amount will be reimbursed to the hospitals by the panchayat.
“The beneficiaries can submit medical records, doctors’ certificate at district panchayat and register for this scheme before May 10. We will issue a medical card to the beneficiaries and based on this card treatment can be availed,'' said Madhu.
The district panchayat will also bring patients who have undergone kidney and liver transplant under this scheme.
Medicines will be distributed through 12 medical shops under district panchayat.
“Many people have run out of jobs and have not been able to purchase medicines or to undergo dialysis. We will make use of our network of medical shops to make available the necessary medicines to patients who have transplanted kidney and liver. The crisis resulted by the pandemic is huge and panchayat is trying to mitigate the impact,” he said.
The scheme was announced in the panchayat budget for 2020-21.
The project registration will be completed by May 10 and by third week of May people can avail the benefits of the scheme.
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