UP staff to get free cancer treatment at Kalyan Singh Super Speciality Cancer Institute Hospital
“The state government is committed to simplifying healthcare access for patients within the state, and introducing cashless facility is yet another step in this endeavour,” said Pathak, who is also the state’s health and medical education minister.
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government staff and their dependents can now avail free cancer treatment under Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Rajya Karamchari Cashless Chikitsa Yojana at the Kalyan Singh Super Speciality Cancer Institute and Hospital (KSSSCIH) in Lucknow.
Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak launched the facility at an event organised to commemorate the treatment of the 1000th patient under Ayushman Bharat at the institute on Thursday.
“The state government is committed to simplifying healthcare access for patients within the state, and introducing cashless facility is yet another step in this endeavour,” said Pathak, who is also the state’s health and medical education minister.
Insisting that the lack of money will no longer be a hindrance in the treatment of cancer patients, Pathak said, “Ayushman Yojana has made the treatment of patients hassle-free.”
The institute’s director, Prof R.K. Dhiman, stated that the institute is making efforts to increase the admission capacity from 250 beds to 750 beds.
“The number of beds will be increased in phases,” he said.
Dr Devashish Shukla, medical superintendent of KSSSCIH, said, “Over the course of five months, we have provided treatment to 1,000 Ayushman Bharat cardholders. The count of patients benefiting from various healthcare schemes is set to increase.”
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh paved the way for the rejuvenation of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences in the capital Lucknow. The proposal to construct a kidney, liver, and bone marrow transplantation centre on the institute's main medical building's sixth and seventh floors has been approved. This request was submitted to the state government in January this year, and now, it has received both financial and administrative clearance.
