IMA seeks extension of Rs 50 lakh PMGKP insurance scheme for COVID martyrs by 6 months
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New Delhi: Taking note of the second wave of COVID, Indian Medical Association (IMA) has recently submitted a letter to the Secretary of Health and Family Welfare, Rajesh Bhushan requesting the authorities to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) insurance benefit for another 6 months.
IMA has also expressed its concern over families of only 168 doctors, out of at least 756 who died during Covid-19 duty in India receiving the benefit of the PMGKP insurance scheme that was introduced by the government with the objective of enabling the families f martyred health care professional to receive financial support to the tune of 50 lakhs. The total number of claims settled is 287, which suggests that families of only 119 healthcare workers across other categories have benefitted from this.
The association also suggested that the beneficiary should directly receive the benefits of this PMGKP as soon as the verification is done.
IMA lauded the efforts of the government for introducing the insurance scheme for the benefit of the health care professionals, however, it also pointed out that out of the 756 modern medicine doctors who had sacrificed their life, only 168 out of them could reach out to this benefit.
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