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Mumbai: The state government has in a letter written to the central government, has demanded extending the insurance cover of 50 lakhs to Private health workers, working in private hospitals and clinics in Maharashtra under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY). Earlier, the state government had rejected the application for compensation from the relatives of several deceased doctors.
At present, only the health care workers, working in government hospitals and private Covid hospitals set by the government are getting insurance cover of 50 lakhs under the PMGKY.
Doctors working in many private hospitals and clinics in the state died due to corona. According to the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the union of doctors is to be believed then the death toll of the martyred doctors has crossed 60.
Many families have also applied to the state government, but their application was rejected because they were doctors from private hospitals. The union of the doctors complained about the discrimination by the government.
Recently, after this issue started heating up, State Chief Secretary Pradeep Vyas wrote a letter to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informing that doctors of private hospitals are also providing their services to contain Corona as well as other patients as per the orders of the state government.
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Many private doctors are working tirelessly during the Corona period putting their lives at risk. Unfortunately, many private hospital’s doctors also died due to corona. There has also been a demand for compensation by deceased families. Health care workers of private hospitals and clinics serving them are also at risk of infection, so they should also be included in the insurance scheme.
Regarding this letter, President of IMA Maharashtra, Dr. Avinash Bhondwe said that “the state government talked about extending the insurance scheme coverage, but then rejected the application saying that the central government is refusing. Now the government is just pretending to work on this issue after a family of the deceased doctor has appealed against this discrimination in the court”.
