Health Cards For Poor From July

Hyderabad People Gets The Gift of Health Cards :

The Rajiv Arogyasri cards providing free medical treatment worth Rs. 2 lakh under the comprehensive health insurance scheme for white card holders will be issued from July 19 onwards, said the Minister for Minorities Welfare, Coal and Energy Mohd. Ali Shabbir on Wednesday.

Participating in the Praja Patham programme at Gulshannagar in Musheerabad, he said the scheme was postponed in the twin cities because of bypolls and all the 6.5 lakh white ration card holders in the district would be issued with the health cards.

“With these cards the poor can go to any hospital of their choice to get treatment for chronic diseases of heart, kidneys, cancer and others. Any doctor refusing to treat a patient with the health card will go to jail,” he declared.

People Thanked:

New ration cards would also be issued from July 5 onwards for those yet to get them. Mr. Shabbir said the Government was supplying Rs. 2-a-kilo and from next month, palm oil would be sold at Rs. 45 and red gram at Rs. 30-a-kilo at all ration shops.

He pointed out that the government also did not let the recent hike in diesel and gas affect the consumers by absorbing the Rs. 125 crore “burden”. He and his colleague Mukesh Goud thanked the locals for electing the party candidate T. Manemma during the recent bypoll.

“You have elected our candidate and we are beholden to fulfil all the promises made. While pensions will be given, infrastructure works like roads and sewers will take time,” said Mr. Goud. About 34,834 new pensions for the old, destitute, widows and physically challenged would be given to the eligible persons. This would be in addition to the current 70,000 pensions being given at Rs. 200 a month.

Health Camp:

Collector Navin Mittal said a mega health camp will be held to identify poor people already suffering from different ailments and they too would be given the health cards as a special gesture. The Ministers laid the foundation stone for a new water pipeline at a cost of Rs. 12 lakh.

Around 250 households would get water once the project is completed in a month. MLA T. Manemma and Greater Congress chief D. Nagender, were present.