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Ludhiana, June 23
Punjab Director for Health and Family Welfare Dr Usha Bansal distributed hearing aids to six schoolchildren at the newly opened District Early Intervention Centre (DEIC) here today. She said the Health Department would arrange a follow-up programme with the help of experts for these hearing-impaired children so that they could develop natural hearing capacity.
Focusing on new healthcare schemes for schoolchildren, she said the government had launched a Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) under which children up to the age of 18 years would receive free treatment for 30 health disorders and nine congenital defects.
Similarly, girls up to the age of 18 years would also receive free treatment facility at all government hospitals.
Dr Bansal said RBSK mobile teams had been set up at the district and block levels. The teams comprising one doctor, one pharmacist and one staff nurse would conduct health check-up of schoolchildren in all government and affiliated schools once a year and those in anganwadi centres twice a year.
“Children found with any of the notified disease or congenital defects will be referred to the community health centre concerned or if required, to the district hospital. For specialised treatment, such children can be further referred to government empanelled private hospitals,” she said.
Free medicines for Hepatitis-C patients
Meanwhile, Civil Surgeon Dr Renu Chhatwal said patients affected with Hepatitis-C could avail the facility of free treatment at all government hospitals and government medical colleges under the Chief Minister Punjab Hepatitis-C Relief Fund Scheme.
Launching a drive to distribute free medicine to the Hepatitis-C patients at the Civil Hospital, she said the diagnostic test for Hepatitis-C was also being conducted by the government hospitals in collaboration with a private diagnostic laboratory at a highly subsidised cost of around Rs 3,000, whereas the private labs charge anything up to Rs 8,000 for such test.
Dr Chhatwal said in place of earlier mode of treating Hepatitis-C by injections which was very expensive, the government hospitals were now treating the disease by WHO-certified oral medication. For availing the facility of free treatment under this scheme, the patient ought to be a resident of Punjab, she added.
Ludhiana, June 23
Punjab Director for Health and Family Welfare Dr Usha Bansal distributed hearing aids to six schoolchildren at the newly opened District Early Intervention Centre (DEIC) here today. She said the Health Department would arrange a follow-up programme with the help of experts for these hearing-impaired children so that they could develop natural hearing capacity.
Focusing on new healthcare schemes for schoolchildren, she said the government had launched a Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) under which children up to the age of 18 years would receive free treatment for 30 health disorders and nine congenital defects.
Similarly, girls up to the age of 18 years would also receive free treatment facility at all government hospitals.
Dr Bansal said RBSK mobile teams had been set up at the district and block levels. The teams comprising one doctor, one pharmacist and one staff nurse would conduct health check-up of schoolchildren in all government and affiliated schools once a year and those in anganwadi centres twice a year.
“Children found with any of the notified disease or congenital defects will be referred to the community health centre concerned or if required, to the district hospital. For specialised treatment, such children can be further referred to government empanelled private hospitals,” she said.
Free medicines for Hepatitis-C patients
Meanwhile, Civil Surgeon Dr Renu Chhatwal said patients affected with Hepatitis-C could avail the facility of free treatment at all government hospitals and government medical colleges under the Chief Minister Punjab Hepatitis-C Relief Fund Scheme.
Launching a drive to distribute free medicine to the Hepatitis-C patients at the Civil Hospital, she said the diagnostic test for Hepatitis-C was also being conducted by the government hospitals in collaboration with a private diagnostic laboratory at a highly subsidised cost of around Rs 3,000, whereas the private labs charge anything up to Rs 8,000 for such test.
Dr Chhatwal said in place of earlier mode of treating Hepatitis-C by injections which was very expensive, the government hospitals were now treating the disease by WHO-certified oral medication. For availing the facility of free treatment under this scheme, the patient ought to be a resident of Punjab, she added.
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