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3,810 benefit from medical insurance scheme

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Special camps will be conducted to list those left out: Collector

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S. Nazreen Banu from Kaveripattinam and her husband explain their experience at the first anniversary of the Kalaignar Kaapeetu Thittam at Krishnagiri Collectorate on Wednesday. –

KRISHNAGIRI: A total of 3,810 people benefited from the state government's Kalaignar Kaapeetu Thittam in Krishnagiri district, said V. Arun Roy, District Collector, here on Wednesday.

He said that the cost Rs. 12.47 crore. Special camps would be conducted soon to list those left out during the process, he told T. Senguttuvan, MLA, and M.R. Rajendran, chairman, district panchayat, at a meeting convened at the Collectorate to commemorate the first anniversary of the scheme.

Mr. Roy said the scheme was a boon to the poor and the downtrodden, as it enabled them to get costly treatments at speciality private hospitals.

The Collector expressed his gratitude to medical fraternity for making the scheme a success.

During the first year, 3,99,101 families enrolled for the scheme. Of this 3,73,654 were provided with smart cards.

Mr. Senguttuvan said under the guidance of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, Tamil Nadu was 30 years ahead of all other states in respect of medical facilities. Medical facilities at government hospitals were being improved on a par with private hospitals. Because of this, the number of patients visiting government hospitals and PHCs was increasing day by day.

Sixteen hospitals, medical officers, staff, health attendants and employees of Emergency Medical Research Institute (EMRI) 108 ambulance services were honoured with shield.

This included Krishnagiri and Hosur Government Hospitals and Dr. M. Gunasekaran, Medical Officer, PHC, Kannandaalli, for recommending maximum number of cases of surgery or treatment under the scheme. The beneficiaries were given a memento.

Some of the beneficiaries explained their experiences of getting treatment under the scheme. P. Prabhakar, District Revenue Officer, welcomed the gathering. Dr. J. Nirmalson, Deputy Director (Health Services) explained the salient features of the scheme.

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