This aimed at those with no state-backed insurance such as the Central Government Health Scheme.
To ensure that students and people from the north east working low-wage jobs and living in New Delhi get adequate medical attention, the Delhi Police has brought on board 32 hospitals to give them concession for treatment. Delhi police nodal officer for people from the north east, Robin Hibu, spent the past few weeks in talks with the top hospitals in Delhi to bring about such an arrangement under their CSR initiative.
The hospitals include various branches of Fortis Hospital including the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, Holy Family Hospital, Medanta The Medicity, Moolchand Medcity, various branches of Max Healthcare, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital among others.
According to a statement released by Hibu on the Facebook page 'Delhi Police for North East Folks', this scheme is aimed at those who end up working low-paying private sector jobs in the capital and have no state-backed insurance such as the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).
In a copy of the letter he sent to Dr. Naresh Trehan of Medanta, posted online, Hibu gave examples of some of these jobs; BPOs, malls, hospitals, hotels, security guards etc, saying that because of their “paltry earnings” “high cost of living and high rents”, “many have died, many are struggling due to poverty back home.”
“As a nodal officer for the North East people at Delhi many youth are approaching me for help in case of medical emergency/treatment. I have no resources to help them,” reads Hibu’s letter.
In his statement announcing this scheme, he says that there are 11 lakh such vulnerable people from the north east in Delhi. All hospitals all have agreed to give concessions ranging from “30 percent to 15 percent... for medical treatment for our people,” says the statement, and that they have appointed nodal officers to be in constant touch with Hibu. Patients will get referral letters from Hibu based on their ID cards.
The hospitals that dna spoke to did not wish to give an official statement on the matter yet, though MoUs are ready and Hibu claims in his statement to have received approval letters from all the hospitals. They did acknowledge their role in the scheme. Max Hospital, however, told dna, “This is a positive initiative towards making healthcare more accessible and we are happy to be a part of it. At Max Healthcare, our constant endeavour is to provide quality and best-in-class healthcare services to patients. This initiative will make quality healthcare accessible to the thousands of students and working professionals from the North East in Delhi.”
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