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Haryana to provide free health insurance to poor

The Haryana government would soon implement a health insurance scheme to provide free healthcare services to the poor in the…

Haryana to provide free health insurance to poor

Manohar Lal Khattar (PHOTO: Facebook)

The Haryana government would soon implement a health insurance scheme to provide free healthcare services to the poor in the state. The cost of premium will be borne by the state government.

Disclosing this in Kurukshetra on Saturday, Chief Minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar said efforts were being made to ensure that every person got healthcare services as per requirement.

Medical colleges are being set up in all districts to meet the shortage of doctors in government hospitals. As many as 28 colleges would be set up in the state over the next two years which would help meet the requirement of 17,000 doctors, he said.

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Khattar said private organisations had been roped in to establish Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) colleges in the state. They are setting up medical colleges in Sirsa, Palwal, Dadri, Rewari and Kurukshetra districts.

The state government aims at providing modern healthcare services through a web of medical colleges, the CM said.

Dental Nursing and Physiotherapy courses would also be started in the medical college at Nuh. Social service organisations are installing MRI and CT Scan machines in government hospitals in five districts under the PPP mode.

Also, dialysis machines have been installed in 10 districts.

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