62 lakh school going children to get free medical treatment

62 lakh school going children under 12 years will get free medical treatment in Assam. The state Health and Education minister Himanta Biswa Sarmah yesterday announced this mega scheme for the first time in the state. 

 

Attending a meeting arranged on the completion of five thousand cleft-lip surgeries at the centre under Operation Smile programme, the health minister assured that every school going student under 12 years will get free medical care and treatment. He said that for this purpose three thousand medical volunteers will survey all the schools of the state and will detect various diseases among the school going students. After detecting disease all students less than 12 years will be treated at the cost of state government. The needy student, who requires operation, the will also get free operation facilities.

 

It is noteworthy that due to the financial bottleneck most of the school going student in the state have not found proper medical treatment. The lately announced mega health scheme will benefit the school going students of the poorer section of the state. The health minister also said that within 2015 every mother will get free medical treatment in the state. He also stated that total number of 4,80,000 pregnant women gave birth child in the government hospitals in 2011.

 

He hopes that the number of child birth in the government hospitals will increase in the coming period.