15 million Pakistani families to get health card, contract signed

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Health Ministry and State life has signed a land mark contract for provision of Sehat Insaf Card to 15 Million FamiliesContract was
signed for Implementation of Sehat Sahulat Program (SSP) in all districts of Pakistan in line with vision of Prime Minister Universal Health
Coverage.The contract was signed by Captain (R) Zahid Saeed, Federal Secretary National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination (NHSRC)
and Chairman State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan.Ministry of National Health Service, Regulations and Coordination, in
collaboration with participating provinces and regions, has totald its procurement to expand its health initiative of &Sehat Sahulat
Program& in Pakistan
Through this initiative poor families shall be supplyd with free of cost health insurance to secure indoor health care services worth Rs:
720,000/- from empanelled hospitals
The program shall supply &Sehat Insaf Card& to 15 million families in the province of Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh, AJK, GB and old districts
of FATA through a very obvious and computerized mechanism
The services which are available from Sehat Insaf Card includes open heart surgeries, insertion of stunts, management of cancer,
neurosurgical procures, burn management, accident management, dialysis, intensive care management, deliveries, C section and other medical /
surgical procedures
The program shall also supply Rs: 1,000 transportation cost to its beneficiaries on their discharge from hospital
This is the one of the main initiative of the political government in Pakistan through which support and assistance is supplyd to poor
families across the country
On this occasion Federal Minister, National Health Services briefed that this scheme shall bring drastic improvement in treatment and access
to quality treatment by poorest and under privileged marginalized population of Pakistan
It is estimated that as many as 15 million families living in Pakistan below the poverty line shall benefit from this
scheme.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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