Friday, 19 Oct 2018
Bangla Version
Friday, 19 Oct 2018
Bangla Version
Health Desk--24 Sep’18: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the world’s biggest healthcare program on Sunday, aiming to provide free health services to half a billion poor people.
The scheme, which the government dubs “Modicare”, will provide 100 million families, or about 500 million poor people, with health cover of 500,000 rupees per year for free treatment of serious ailments.
The measures are Modi’s latest attempt to reform a public health system that faces a shortage of hospitals and doctors. The government has also in recent years capped prices of critical drugs and medical devices and increased health funding.
Modi said, no separate registration would be required for the scheme and the people could check online whether they were eligible.
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