Mangaluru: In a first of its kind in Asia, the Karnataka government will spend upto Rs 25,000 per accident victim for the first 48 hours in hospital. The move comes in view that bystanders could fearlessly rush a victim to the nearby hospital without having to face any irking procedure.
Informing this to the media on Tuesday January 5, Health Minister UT Khader said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will formally launch the scheme on January 8 at the Vidhana Sabha Banquet Hall. He said that a presentation in this regard was made to PM Modi adding the latter was impressed and made a mention of the new scheme on his radio talk show Mann Ki Baat.
In addition to bystanders hesitating to help out the accident victim, hospitals also sometimes deny entry and demand bills from them. To prevent this, the government has signed an agreement with 284 hospitals in the state. Patients can ask for the bill and submit it to government officials concerned, in case the hospitals are among the ones that have not signed the agreement.
The amount which will be borne by the government will depend on the grade of the hospital.
Lady Goschen contractor changed
Regarding the slow pace of construction at Lady Goschen, Khader said that the firm that was handling the work has been replaced adding that the prior firm will be blacklisted and that no work shall be assigned to it henceforth.
Khader slams Modi over Pathankot attack
Lashing out at PM Modi over the Pathankot attack, Khader said that India is not going to reap any benefits by Modi’s and Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj’s visits to Pakistan. He questioned as to what the BJP government is doing in response to the attack, while it left no stone unturned to take digs at the Congress government for a writing a letter to Pakistan over the Mumbai blasts.
Khader further said that Modi should have discussed about his Pakistan visit with the opposition and he military force. However, he violated the rule. He opined that the Central government should involve the states governments in fighting terrorism.
