Odisha announces health care assistance of Rs 5 lakh per family
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced that the state government would launch a new scheme which will provide health care assistance of Rs 5 lakh per family in government hospitals to around 3.5 crore people.
The chief minister announced that the "Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana" will be launched on August 15 and will provide health care benefits to around 3.5 crore people from over 70 lakh families in the state.
A family would get the Rs 5 lakh cashless treatment in government hospital per annum.
Stating that the Biju Swasthya Kalyan scheme is not an insurance, but an assurance to the people for a better health service, Patnaik said secondary and tertiary cashless health care assistance will be provided up to Rs 5 lakh per family per annum.
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