Tuesday, 27 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
To tackle Covid-19 pandemic, chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced an incentive package of about Rs 205 crore for the state’s health sector and the personnel employed in it. This package will benefit about 3.73 lakh people of the state. The chief minister made this announcement after felicitating about 50 Covid warriors in a programme organised by the Health department here on Monday.
Dhami commended the health workers for their dedicated service for more than a year since the Covid-19 pandemic struck. He said that though such dedicated service cannot be compensated monetarily, the state government has decided to incentivise the personnel financially. According to the package he announced, Asha facilitators and Anganwadi workers will receive Rs 2,000 per month each for the next five months. Similarly, group C and D personnel of the health department will receive Rs 3,000 each and Rs 10,000 each will be provided to the doctors. This will benefit about 61,000 personnel. Additionally, 1,120 Asha facilitators and Anganwadi workers will also receive one tablet each. Homoeopathic and Ayurvedic kits will also be distributed to these personnel to boost their immunity and protect them from ill-effects of Covid. About 3,73,568 persons will benefit from these decisions. Regarding the expansion of health services in the state, Dhami said that government medical colleges will be established in Haridwar and Pithoragarh districts for which Rs 70 crore each will be released in the current financial year. Stating that the state government is committed to ensure convenient access of the public to medical health services, he said that this is the reason why a target of spending about Rs 205 crore has been set for these schemes in the health sector.
Health minister Dhan Singh Rawat extolled the Covid warriors for the hard work they had put in amidst difficult circumstances. Programmes to felicitate Covid warriors in all 70 Assembly constituencies will be held in one month. He further said that by December 30 this year the state will achieve cent per cent vaccination, adding that currently the state is ranked fifth in the nation when it comes to vaccination and aims to come first by November. Rawat informed that Atal Ayushman cards had been made for more than 42 lakh people so far with more than 2.93 lakh people having benefitted from it so far in the state. The minister further said that the state government will organise health fairs in each Assembly constituency and that employment will be provided to about 7,000 people in the Health department.
