AIIMS Delhi, CMC Vellore enlisted under West Bengal Swastha Sathi scheme
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Kolkata: Beneficiaries of the West Bengal governments Swastha Sathi health scheme will now be able to avail free treatment at AIIMS, Delhi and CMC, Vellore after the two medical establishments were enlisted under the ambit of the scheme, an official said on Saturday.
"We have several thousands of people from West Bengal who go for treatment to Vellore''s CMC as well to the AIIMS. We have seen that the patient parties have to bear huge expenses making it tough for them to continue the treatment there for long. Seeing this we decided to enroll these two hospitals under our Swastha Sathi scheme," he said.
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