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LG will render health scheme unworkable: Delhi Minister

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New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said Lt. Governor Anil Baijal’s objection to the government’s “Quality Health for All” scheme is due to “lack of knowledge of ground realities” and that it will render the scheme “unworkable”.

“LG stalled both Mohalla Clinic schemes for a long time and asked to fix income limit for people to get health services. This is a very tough and complicated work and not a sustainable one,” Jain told media persons here.

“Why can’t all people be benefited by the healthcare policy? When all people pay tax, then all deserve free healthcare from the state. Why is the Governor against it? What is the need to fix income limit,” he said.

“We assume that the Health for All should be taken as the right for every citizen — be it poor or rich. It’s about health of the people of Delhi,” he maintained.

Under the scheme, the Delhi government provides free medicines, tests and several life-saving surgeries through a three-tier network of Mohalla Clinics, Polyclinics and Hospitals.

“If a hospital has to check the income certificate of each patient before referring him to a private hospital, it would require a whole set of bureaucracy and creation of many new posts,” he said.

Every patient would need an income certificate, which most people did not have, Jain said.

“If you need it urgently from the SDM office, you would end up paying huge bribes. Secondly, false income certificates are available at a certain cost,” he added.

The Minister said that so far 8,000 people had already availed the benefits of this outsourced scheme.

“When MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) dispensaries don’t have any income limit, why can’t Delhi Mohalla Clinics have the same norm,” Jain asked.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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