Odisha Chief Minister Launches Smart Health Cards For Cashless Treatment

Around 3.5 crore people of 96 lakh families will be benefited from new healthcare initiative as women can avail of cashless treatment up to Rs 10 lakh per year and other family members will get the benefit up to Rs 5 lakh each, Naveen Patnaik said.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched smart health cards under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana to enable around 3.5 crore people to get cashless healthcare services in 200 hospitals in the state and other parts of the country. On the occasion, he handed over a card to Shukri Dhangada Majhi, a woman belonging to the Bonda tribal community in Malkangiri district. Around 3.5 crore people of 96 lakh families will be benefited from the new healthcare initiative as women can avail of cashless treatment up to Rs 10 lakh per year and other family members will get the benefit up to Rs 5 lakh each, he said. The smart health cards will be effective from September 1, he said.