Don’t you have ‘health card’? Don’t worry. You’ll get treatment in private-govt. hospitals
Bengaluru, August 02: Saying that the government would issue universal health cards under the ‘Arogya Karnataka’ programme by 2019, Health Minister Shivanand Patil said that those who do not have health cards could also get treatment in both government and private hospital by producing ration card.
Speaking to reporters at the Vidhana Soudha here on Thursday, the Minister said that people need not worry about not having health cards. If they have ration cards, they could get treatment in government and private hospitals. Health card is mandatory for treatment. But there is no compulsion to get health cards. Under this programme, the treatment was being given based on APL and BPL card categories, he said.
The In-Patients were being given the health cards after giving them the treatment. There was no condition that people should have health cards before admitting into hospital. So, there was no need to stand in queues to get health cards, the Minister clarified.
Treatment even without health card
Treatment was given to more than 15,000 patients in private hospitals based on ration cards under this scheme. By August end, the distribution of health cards in 11 major general hospitals would be completed. In the first phase, 3 lakh cards were distributed. In taluk hospitals, registration of patients and distribution of cards would be commenced in October. There was a plan to merge Ayushman Bharat of the Central government and Arogya Karnataka scheme of the state government and introduce a model healthcare programme in the state, he said.
It was planned to give healthcare facility to over 2 crore population including 62 lakh families under Ayushman Bharat scheme and 1.20 crore under Arogya Karnataka scheme, he said.
No scarcity of doctors
The government has solved the doctors problem in government hospitals. Doctors were available in all hospitals and specialist doctors were also appointed. The doctors who have been to higher education while in duty, have returned to their profession. So, there was no scarcity of doctors. In order to fill the specialist doctors in government hospitals, the government has started bid (auction) system. Out of 300 doctors participated in the bid, 200 doctors were working. Within a week, once again the private doctors would be invited for the bid, he said.
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One dead in landslide, 235 rescued amid heavy snowfall in J-K’s Kishtwar
Jammu (PTI): One person was killed and another injured in a landslide near a hydro-power project, while over 230 people, including women and children, were evacuated after they were caught in heavy snowfall at the high-altitude Sinthan top in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Monday.
In view of the inclement weather, the authorities have ordered the closure of all educational institutions outside the municipal limits in Kishtwar and adjoining Doda district for Monday as a precautionary measure, the officials said.
A landslide, triggered by rain, struck a hydro-power project site near Dangduru in Kishtwar district on the intervening night of Sunday-Monday, trapping two workers, the officials said.
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While one worker was later found dead, the other was rescued in an injured condition and shifted to a hospital, they said.
In another incident, the officials said, a joint rescue operation by the police, Army and the civil administration successfully evacuated 38 vehicles carrying 235 passengers to safety amid heavy snowfall at the Sinthan Top connecting Kishtwar in Jammu region with south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
“On March 15, information was received that 235 civilians were stranded at Sinthan top due to heavy snowfall and severe weather conditions. Troops of the White Knight Corps were immediately mobilised to launch a swift rescue operation despite the treacherous terrain and relentless snowfall.
“Braving extreme weather and snow-blocked roads, the rescue teams reached Sinthan top and provided the stranded civilians with hot meals, drinking water and shelter. Repair and recovery teams restored the mobility of the stranded vehicles, while passengers from the unrecoverable vehicles were safely evacuated.
“Medical teams rendered assistance and essential medicines to those in need,” the White Knight Corps said in a post on X.
“The mission witnessed seamless coordination between the Army, J-K Police and the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation, reaffirming the Army’s unwavering commitment to safeguarding lives in the harshest conditions,” the post added.
Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Sharma, along with SSP Naresh Singh and the commanding officer of the 11 Rashtriya Rifles, supervised the rescue operation, which continued for several hours, the officials said.
