MoU signing ceremony with private hospitals for treatment under OSTF

Bhubaneswar ( Odisha Samachar /Cr Kalpana Das ) - The Odisha State Treatment Fund is a flagship scheme of the State Government launched on 15^th December, 2011. BPL patients and patients with annual income less than Rs.40,000 in rural areas and less than Rs.60,000 in urban areas are eligible.  Assistance upto Rs.3 lakh is being provided for treatment and medicine cost.  Assistance is   provided through all government hospitals as well as private hospitals empanelled as referral hospitals.  From its inception till 19 July, 2013,  as many as 13,314 poor patients have been provided financial assistance to the tune of Rs.23,03,89,491/-.

The six hospitals that came into an MoU with the State Government today are Care Hospital, Vishakhapatnam; Apollo Hospital, Vishakhapatnam; SevenHills Hospital, Vishakhapatnam; Escort Heart Centre, Raipur; Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital, Raipur and Ramkrishna Care Hospital, Raipur.

The Chief Minister Sri Naveen Patnaik attended the MoU  function as Chief Guest. The Chief Minister expressed that After the introduction of Odisha State Treatment Fund Scheme on 15^th December, 2011, the demand on Government Health Institutions has increased substantially leading to long waiting list for treatment, especially in case of highly specialized treatment relating to Heart, Lungs, Kidney and the likes.  Further, some specialized treatments are also not available within the state.  So, a conscious decision was taken to empanel good private hospitals both within and outside the state as referral hospitals for specialized treatment.

          Out of the 21 hospitals empanelled so far, MoU with 14 hospitals located within the state was signed last month.  Today, MoU will be signed with 6 private hospitals located in Visakhapatnam and Raipur.  This will greatly benefit the people of our State, and more particularly the people of KBK districts because of their proximity to Visakhapatnam and Raipur.

         

The Chief Minister  congratulate the representatives of private hospitals present here for entering into an MoU with the Government of Odisha  and wish that they would provide the best available treatment to the patients referred to their hospitals under OSTF.

The function was attended by Health Minister Dr. Damodar Rout, Chief Secretary, Health Secretary and representatives of private hospitals.