Rs 150 crore invested in healthcare scheme under SEDP, says Mizoram CM

Zoramthanga also said that the government has also sought a Rs 1,000 crore loan from Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the implementation of the healthcare scheme.

The proposal for loan has been already been approved by the Centre, which would repay Rs 720 crore out of the total amount, while the state government would repay the remaining Rs 280 crore, he said.

The MSHCS was launched by the Mizo National Front (MNF) government headed by Zoramthanga in October 2019.

Under this scheme, the government provides health cover of up to Rs 2 each to beneficiaries in a year.

The Zoramthanga government has come under severe attack by opposition parties due to its failure to release medical bills to beneficiaries for more than year.

On Tuesday, health minister Dr R Lalthangliana informed the assembly that the government is yet to clear medical bills amounting to over Rs. 66.2 crore to 23,421 beneficiaries.

The medical bills are pending for release since October 2021, he had said.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati informed that a Super-Speciality Cancer Hospital and Research Centre would be set up in Aizawl with financial support from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

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