Acknowledgement note for Bengal's health scheme beneficiaries

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be sending a letter of acknowledgement to all beneficiaries of a state-run health scheme, wishing them well, a top bureaucrat at the state secretariat said Sunday.

The chief minister's office has sought the database of 'Swasthya Sathi' scheme from all government hospitals, as part of the public outreach programme, he said.

"The families of the beneficiaries would be getting a letter signed by the chief minister as an acknowledgement for taking free treatment under the scheme," the official said.

According to the bureaucrat, the director of health services would be sending Banerjee's letter to all government hospital superintendents, chief medical officers, sub-division and block-level health centres for its distribution among patients, who received free treatment between March 1, 2018 and February 28, 2019.

The draft letter written by the CM said, "The state government was happy to include the beneficiary in the 'Free of Cost Medicine' and 'Free of Cost Treatment' scheme undertaken by the state health and family welfare department."