PM Imran Khan has lauded Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government for providing free-of-cost medical treatment to 250,349 patients under KP Sehat Card Plus Program.
PM Imran Khan took to social media to felicitate KP government for successfully ensuring free medical treatment to 250,349 people as part of ‘KP Sehat Card Plus Program’ in the province.
The prime minister noted that Pakistan is moving towards the welfare state envisioned by Allama Iqbal and Quaid-i-Azam.
Out of the total people that benefited from the free medical treatment this year so far, 174,388 were treated in private hospitals, whereas 76,052 patients received treatment in government hospitals.
As per the official statistics, overall 478,973 patients were treated free of cost from February 1, 2016 to June 30, 2021 under the Sehat Card programme in KP and the government paid Rs 11807,23 million to different public and private hospitals.
Around 329,821 patients went to private hospitals, while 149,152 visited government hospitals for indoor treatment. Private hospitals claimed Rs 8,408 million and government hospitals sent claims of Rs3, 399.03 million.
Allocations for the current financial year 2021-22 have been Rs 23 billion for approximately 7.49 million families of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At least one billion rupees have been allocated for the free treatment of liver transplants. The health coverage of the people of the newly-merged areas has been increased from Rs 72 million to one million to bring them on a par with the rest of the province.
It is pertinent to know that PM Imran Khan in August 2020 last year, had launched Sehat Sahulat Program for the entire Khyber Pakhtunkhwa residents aimed at providing health insurance cover of a million rupees to all the families.
The Sehat Sahulat Program is a milestone towards social welfare reforms; ensuring that the identified under-privileged citizens across the country get access to their entitled medical health care in a swift and dignified manner without any financial obligations.
The SSP program’s objective is to improve access of the poor population to good quality medical services, through a micro health insurance scheme.
