By Our Special Correspondent
The Uttar Pradesh government will provide free treatment for 48 hours to every person admitted to emergency care. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday announced that the government will spend Rs 3,000 crore on free healthcare.
Of the ₹ 3,000 crore proposed by the government, ₹ 1,614 crore will be spent on developing primary healthcare facilities over five years.
Additionally, an average of ₹550 crore is spent every year to provide free treatment to trauma and non-trauma medicine patients.
The government has said that it will spend a total of ₹300 crore to improve ambulance services and purchase 750 ambulances with advanced life support systems.
Further, around ₹165 crore will be earmarked for maintenance of ambulances, salary and training of staff. The annual expenditure on call centre, command centre, operation and software maintenance among others will be around ₹125 crore, the government said.
According to the UP Chief Minister's Office (CMO), the Adityanath government will continue to address the issue of geographical disparity in the healthcare sector by building medical colleges in each of the state's 75 districts.
Uttar Pradesh is the first state in India to have a live emergency monitoring system, the CMO office said. We are making plans to implement the live emergency monitoring system in the state in a phased manner.
The first 48 hours are critical to the life of any emergency patient. Therefore, as per the Chief Minister's resolution to ensure the safety of every life in the state, it is proposed to provide free treatment for the first 48 hours to patients undergoing emergency treatment,” said a government official.
Comments