KP govt includes OPD services in Sehat card

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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has taken another step to ensure global health coverage by incorporating free OPD (outpatient department) services in the curse card plus, under the direction of Chief Minister Amin Gandpur.

A handout states that the Chief Minister inaugurated free OPD services at a ceremony in the Chief Minister’s House.

Members of the provincial cabinet, members of the National and Provincial Assembly and officials from the health department attended the event. The OPD scheme is being launched as a pilot project in Mardan District, which has benefited 50,000 deserving families.

In the second phase, the scheme will be extended to Chitral, Malakand and Kohat districts. Under this scheme, medication, medical tests, and health care services will be provided free. The Pilot Project is being launched in partnership with the German organization’s FW and will be further expanded in the future.

Based on the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) data, about 120 120,000 households from the above mentioned four districts will benefit from this facility. Free OPD services at the Union Council level will be available not only on the Seat Card Panel but also in hospitals but also on all basic health units (BHU) and Rural Health Centers (RHC).

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has become the first province to provide free OPD services under Seat Card Plus. Addressing the program, the Chief Minister said, “I am proud of the fact that my leader’s vision is from the welfare state, and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is working towards understanding it.” He highlighted that the PTI government has extended the seat card to a broader program by a limited scale. Earlier, free treatment under CHAT card was available only for patients, but now OPD patients will also get free health care.

Regarding the pilot project, he emphasized that the OPD scheme, initially, was being launched in four districts, which did not include Dera Ismail Khan, and this was clear evidence that he He was the Chief Minister of the entire province. He pointed out that in the past, development projects were focused in the Chief Minister’s ancestral district, but now it will not happen. The Chief Minister noted that during the caretaker government, the seat card program was closed nearby, but his administration restored it and increased the services rates under this program while the cause of effective surveillance and transparency. The monthly savings of Rs 1 billion have been saved from. He said that before his government, 70 % of the CHAT card treatment was received in private hospitals, but they have improved the quality of public hospitals and restored public confidence, and now in public hospitals. 70 % is treated. He announced the establishment of cardiac satellite centers in various regions of the province to treat heart diseases.

He highlighted new social welfare measures, including marriage assistance for four thousand deserving girls, where the government will cover marriage costs and provide Rs 2 lakh as dowry. He introduced a life insurance scheme, under which, in the event of the death of a person under the age of sixty, his heritage will get Rs 1 million, while if the person over sixty years old passes away, Rs 500,000 will be provided to their heirs.

The Chief Minister mentioned that his government has increased the province’s income by 55 %, resulting in the increase in the budget, resulting in Rs 176 billion. He emphasized that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the only province that fulfilled the goals of the IMF assigned to the provincial governments and even the IMF recognized the achievements of the province, while some other provinces. Does not meet