Kalam suggests Health Insurance for rural people
Parumala, Kerala: President A P J Abdul Kalam today suggested a cost-effective method of providing quality healthcare and a ''Health Insurance'' model for the rural people at an affordable cost, who become partners in the scheme.
''For providing comprehensive quality healthcare, we suggest citizens make a contribution of about Rs five per month and a matching Government contribution of about Rs five, which would lead to a consolidated health fund of Rs One crore per month for a population of ten lakh in certain rural clusters,'' he said while interacting with the doctors, researchers, paramedical staff and other members of the International Centre for Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Diseases here.
Pointing out that it was an extremely cost effective method of providing quality healthcare to the rural population, Mr Kalam said ''this unique Health Insurance Model will include an Information Communications Technology assisted Medical Advisory System and Health Awareness Education over and above quality medical and surgical treatment and services to all the people.'' He also asked the International Centre for Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Diseases to consider promoting such a scheme in the villages located around Parumala. ''The scheme can subsequently be made applicable to all the districts of Kerala by the Government,'' he added.
With India becoming a destination of medical tourism, Mr Kalam said the Ministry of Tourism had taken various steps to promote medical tourism in India with a view to making the country a prime destination by 2010.
''These efforts include accreditation of hospitals for international standards, offering Medical Visa from six months to one year stay, improvement of medical personnel expertise and even developing brochures and CD ROMs for marketing efforts to advertise these services to overseas markets.'' India was receiving patients from 55 countries to undergo cardiac operations, multi-organ transplants for liver, heart and bone marrow, he added.
from New Kerala.com
''For providing comprehensive quality healthcare, we suggest citizens make a contribution of about Rs five per month and a matching Government contribution of about Rs five, which would lead to a consolidated health fund of Rs One crore per month for a population of ten lakh in certain rural clusters,'' he said while interacting with the doctors, researchers, paramedical staff and other members of the International Centre for Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Diseases here.
Pointing out that it was an extremely cost effective method of providing quality healthcare to the rural population, Mr Kalam said ''this unique Health Insurance Model will include an Information Communications Technology assisted Medical Advisory System and Health Awareness Education over and above quality medical and surgical treatment and services to all the people.'' He also asked the International Centre for Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Diseases to consider promoting such a scheme in the villages located around Parumala. ''The scheme can subsequently be made applicable to all the districts of Kerala by the Government,'' he added.
With India becoming a destination of medical tourism, Mr Kalam said the Ministry of Tourism had taken various steps to promote medical tourism in India with a view to making the country a prime destination by 2010.
''These efforts include accreditation of hospitals for international standards, offering Medical Visa from six months to one year stay, improvement of medical personnel expertise and even developing brochures and CD ROMs for marketing efforts to advertise these services to overseas markets.'' India was receiving patients from 55 countries to undergo cardiac operations, multi-organ transplants for liver, heart and bone marrow, he added.
from New Kerala.com
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