Centre renews insurance scheme for healthcare workers

Dimapur, May 11 (EMN): Government of India has renewed the insurance scheme for the healthcare workers fighting Covid-19 under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package with effect from April 24 for a period of 180 days.

“The insurance scheme provides for a comprehensive insurance coverage for healthcare workers fighting Covid-19 in government hospitals, healthcare centres as well as private hospitals, whereby any healthcare worker, who while treating Covid-19 patients meets with some accident, will be compensated with an amount of INR 50 lakh,” informed Nagaland chief secretary J Alam on Tuesday.

He also stated that the Nagaland government would provide an additional amount of INR 10 lakh as  compensation for all such workers covered under said scheme.