Odisha announces health care assistance of Rs 5 lakh per

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced that the state government would launch a new scheme which will provide health care assistance of Rs 5 lakh per family in government hospitals to around 3.5 crore people.

The chief minister announced that the "Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana" will be launched on August 15 and will provide health care benefits to around 3.5 crore people from over 70 lakh families in the state.

A family would get the Rs 5 lakh cashless treatment in government hospital per annum.

Describing the new scheme as part of his government's commitment towards universal health coverage, Patnaik said: "Each and everyone visiting any government health institutions from district to sub-centre level, will be provided free of cost treatment at all the health service."