Will discuss with Finance Department to bring dialysis treatment under insurance scheme: Minister
Bengaluru: Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Thursday said he will discuss with the Finance Department about bringing dialysis treatment under 'Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka' (ABRK) health insurance scheme to facilitate dialysis in private hospitals.
He was responding to questions by Udupi BJP MLA Yashpal A Suvarna during the Question Hour in the Legislative Assembly here.
Noting that the problem is that the agency that previously managed the dialysis units in the state did not manage them adequately, Rao said the salary for technicians, and PF And ESI for them are not borne by it.
Technicians used to go on strike time and again. The government held talks with the technicians and assured them that PF and ESI will be borne by the government. A negligent agency is blacklisted and fined.
A fresh tender has been invited for maintenance of dialysis units, he said. The tender process for Bengaluru, Mysuru and Belagavi divisions is already underway and the tender for Kalaburagi division will also be called soon. He assured that a new organisation will manage in a better way.
''168 dialysis units across the state have been increased to 219'', the Minister said. ''The 649 machines have increased to 800. Out of 59 taluks, 48 taluks do not have taluk health centers. So dialysis units have been set up in 48 community health centers,'' he said. So, in a month, new dialysis machines and technicians will be available, and they will be managed well.
Further stating that the dialysis units will function under the supervision of District Health Family Officers till the new institution takes over the management, the Minister said provision has been made for installation of machines for single use dialyzers in the new tender.
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Woman in Himachal Pradesh bullies Kashmiri shawl sellers, video turns up on X
Shimla, Nov 25: A woman claiming to be a panchayat official was caught on camera warning two shawl sellers from Kashmir against trading their wares in Himachal Pradesh.
The 2.46-minute video that surfaced on social media showed the woman telling the two Kashmiris not to come to the village and asking them to say "Jai Shri Ram" to prove they are "Hindustani."
Sharing the video on X on Monday, National Convenor of the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association, Nasir Khuehami, claimed that the video was from a village in Himachal's Hamirpur district.
"No one will purchase their products, buy from our Hindu people," the woman is seen telling others in the video. "Don't come in my area," she told shawl sellers.
Later in a post, Khuehami said that the chief minister's office had assured action against anyone found intimidating Kashmiris.
However, when contacted, the CM's media advisor Naresh Chauhan told the PTI that there was no such complaint. The matter would be looked into if any complaint is registered, he said.
A large number of Kashmiris come to the state to sell shawls and other products, while hundreds of Kashmiris labourers work in the state round the year.
It is highly condemnable that a woman, wife of a Sarpanch, is exhibiting communal behavior toward two Kashmiri men who traveled to Himachal Pradesh for business purposes. Her communal actions, as seen in the video, where she threatens them to leave the state, instructs villagers… pic.twitter.com/IIw2dkZPGt
— Nasir Khuehami (ناصر کہویہامی) (@NasirKhuehami) November 25, 2024
