Chandigarh, May 21 (UNI) While giving a big sigh of relief to the BPL patients of Haryana undergoing COVID-19 treatment in private hospitals, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that from now onwards the entire treatment cost of such patients will be borne by the state government.
Earlier, the Haryana Government had announced financial assistance of up to Rs 35,000 to such BPL patients.
The Chief Minister said, "All the BPL families who are not covered under Ayushman Bharat scheme would be eligible to get this benefit and the Deputy Commissioner will ensure that this financial assistance scheme reaches grassroots levels."
Announcing this while chairing the eighth review meeting of COVID-19 management with the DCs and Administrative Secretaries held here on Friday through video conferencing, Mr Khattar said that the DCs should ensure that every patient who is eligible for this benefit should get it on priority basis.
He said that presently as government and private hospitals of the State are already putting up a tough fight against the ongoing second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, now the focus should be shifted on making adequate arrangements to deal with the patients suffering from Post-COVID complications including keeping a close vigil on 'Black Fungus' cases.
"Every DC has to now act like Field Commandment and should ensure sure proper implementation of the schemes and strategies executed by the Government to the grassroots levels," he said.
The Chief Minister was also apprised that in the coming days a massive campaign would be launched for the awareness of ‘Black Fungus’ among the masses and special training has been imparted to the doctors for treating the same.
It was informed in the meeting that a plan has been formulated for opening special clinics along with regular OPDs in the civil hospitals across the state to deal with Post-COVID symptoms.
Directing the DCs to keep a close vigil on the increase in the number of fungal infection, Mucormycosis, commonly named as ‘Black Fungus’ that has now emerged as a new challenge for the state government, Mr Khattar said that reserving atleast 20 beds for the disease treatment should be ensured in all the Medical Colleges. He said that every possible effort should be made to dampen the disease spread in its early stage only.
“The DCs should ensure that every hospital of their respective districts should share real-time data of the patients suffering from this deadly disease and the referral for such patients should be made in the Medical Colleges only," he said.
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