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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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
