Manipur CM attend to 620 complaints; meets 1500 people

The state government plans to introduce new healthcare scheme for the needy people on Jan. 1, 2018 Our Correspondent Imphal, Dec. 15 (EMN): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that the government is planning to introduce a new healthcare scheme ‘Hakshelgi Tengbang’(Manipur Health Protection Scheme) on Jan. 1, 2018. This was stated by him while briefing the media persons on the occasion of ‘Meeyamgi Numit’ held at Chief Minister’s Secretariat today. Hundreds of people turned up on the Meeyamgi Numit to address their grievances to Biren Singh. The Chief Minister attended to as many as about 620 complaints and personally met nearly 1500 people from 9:00 am till 2:00 pm. Speaking to media persons, chief minister said that Hakshelgi Tengbang scheme would provide a cashless benefit upto Rs.2 lakh per year per BPL/AAY family on floater basis. He stated that five companies have participated in the biding process and one Company has been selected for providing the health insurance scheme to the poor and needy people of the state. The selected company in collaboration with the Panchayats/local clubs would conduct a joint survey for identifying the real needy people. Biren Singh lamented that there were manipulations in issuing the BPL cards in the past so a fresh survey is being needed to identify the real/needy beneficiaries. If the government rely on the existing BPL/AAY card holders then many real/needy people would be left out and might not get benefits of the scheme, he said. He stressed that among several grievances, many came for providing medical treatment, financial assistance and seeking livelihood on Meeyamgi Numit. Mentioning on improving health sector in the state, the chief minister said that a new scheme for persons with disability “CM gi Sotharabasingi Tengbang” was launched recently. However many persons with disability came here today because of lack of proper publicities about the scheme to the people, he added. Stating the importance of Neuro Surgery Department at JNIMS, he said that the neuro surgery department would be opened soon. The required infrastructure and machinery have already been bought and six nurses are being given special hands-on training to assist the doctors in the department, he added. Condemning the acid attack incident that happened in the state, he said that such attack is first of its kind in the state and that the government would deal with the matter seriously. Such attack is ‘crime against human’, he added. He further stated that the government would provide free medical treatment to the victim. The government is also planning to provide livelihood to the victim’s family, he added. To curb such incidents in future, he said, the case would be brought before the Fast Track Court which is set up for crime against women. He also released a half yearly bilingual journal “Phijeegi Mani Laktagee” (The Hidden Treasure) published by Relief Centre for the Welfare of differently abled persons, Manipur.