Allow use of demonetised notes in Private hospitals: Akhilesh to PM
With the aim of ensuring medical facilities to poor, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and finance minister Arun Jaitley to allow Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 invalid notes at private hospitals and medicine shops till November 30.
This will ensure medical facilities to poor, who are facing a lot of problems after ban of high denomination notes, he said in separate letters to Modi and Jaitley.
“As Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 were banned in haste, those undergoing treatment at hospitals and nursing homes are facing a lot of problems. I, therefore, request you to intervene and allow private hospitals, nursing homes and medicine shops to accept these notes till at least November 30,” Yadav said.
“Due to the ban, those going to avail medical facilities in hospital are a harried lot. It is proving fatal for them. Allowing (Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes) currency will help people get medical treatment,” he said.
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