It is our endeavour that people of the State should get excellent and free facilities of treatment for critical illness. The announcement of free facilities of OPD and IPD services in government hospitals has been made with this objective in the state budget. He said that voluntary organisations should come forward and help the Government in this endeavour to serv humanity and fulfil their social responsibility towar .
Mr Gehlot was speaking on the occasion of the signing of MoU between the Health Department and Prashanti Medical Services and Research Foundation, Gujarat for the free treatment of heart patients. Director Public Health Dr VK Mathur on behalf of the State Government and Managing Trustee Shri Harish Bhimani on behalf of Prashanti Medical Services and Research Foundation signed the MoU.
Prashanti Medical Services and Research
Foundation, a charity institution of Gujarat is providing medical
services without any profit to the poor and needy patients at Shri Satya Sai
Heart Hospital, Gujarat for the last 21 years. Free operation of 1000
patients of the State who were suffering from heart diseases such as the hole
in the heart walve, congenital heart problem, CABG, PDA, VSD, MVD along with
angioplasty, angiography etc will be done for the next two years as per the
MoU. The State Government will bear Rs. 5000 from Chief Minister’s Relief Fund
to provide free travel facilities to these patients. The Chief Minister
extended gratitude to this institution for this noble work. He directed to
provide this amount as travelling expenses to patients and their family members
before they depart for Gujarat.
It
is to be mentioned that earlier too, 304 patients were operated free of cost
from 2019 to 2021 through this institution and the travel expenses of these
patients was given from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Now this MoU has been
signed for the next two years.
