31,000 COVID-19 patients covered under CMCHIS
The Hindu
1,600 hospitals being empanelled
The treatment of 31,145 COVID-19 patients was covered under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS) at a cost of nearly ₹382 crore from May 7, 2021 to January 10 this year, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said on Wednesday.
Shortly after inaugurating a kiosk where people can join the CMCHIS at Saidapet, he said that as the CMCHIS also covered RT-PCR tests, a total of 32,23,064 persons had benefited from it, with the cost being ₹182.64 crore. After pleas to cover patients afflicted with mucormycosis, the CMCHIS covered 2,049 patients, with ₹5.83 crore spent on their treatment.
He said a total of 1,600 hospitals — 714 government hospitals and 886 private hospitals — were being empanelled under the CMCHIS. Recently, the Tamil Nadu government entered into an agreement with United India Insurance Company to implement the CMCHIS for five more years at a total cost of ₹1,248 crore. The first instalment of ₹581 crore was granted.
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