ITANAGAR, Mar 24: In a bid to resume smooth functioning of the healthcare system, Health Minister, Jomde Kena, held a meeting on Friday with authorities of the insurance company to review stock of the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister’s Universal Health Insurance Scheme (APCMUHIS). 

On being reported by state officials that most of the empanelled hospitals have withdrawn APCMUHIS services due to non-payment of their claims/dues by the insurance company, he directed the company to take necessary actions in order to minimize the suffering of the people. Reassuring the people that health sector remains the priority for the government he exuded that sufficient budget has been allotted for this scheme and premium money is parked for release anytime subject to the improvement of services in ground zero. 

Kena noted with dismay that such noble scheme hit a rough patch after initial success and further requested the authorities to work diligently to implement the scheme successfully and directed them to place a system assisted by IT platform for efficiency and transparency by April 15 next. Meanwhile, the government is also exploring other modalities of giving cashless hospitalization benefits to its citizen, he added.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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