Meeyamgi Numit: Hakshelgi Tengbang will be launched in January 1: CM

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Dec 15

Chief minister, Nongthombam Biren Singh announced that there will be a new healthcare scheme to uplift the poorer section of the state with Hakshelgi Tengbang scheme and will be launched in January 1, 2018.

Under the scheme, the beneficiaries will be receiving cashless benefit of maximum Rs.2 lakh per year for Below Poverty Line and Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) card holders on floater basis.

This statement was made while press briefing at the 8th Meeyamgi Numit (Peoples’ Day) held today at his bungalow.

He said that preparations have begun for the launch of the scheme. Five companies participated in the bidding process out of which one company has been selected.

The selected company in collaboration with the panchayats (local clubs) would conduct a joint survey for identifying the possible beneficiaries, he stated. He lamented that for better identification of actual beneficiaries, fresh survey will be conducted and survey camping will start soon, he said.

He also said that with this scheme, widows and poorest section of society will be benefited.

Biren said that he took this decision as most grievances are prayer for financial assistance in health check-up by BPL families.

He said that CMST has been launched in connection to this and urged the PWDs to make of the scheme.

Also realising the importance and need of Neurosurgery department in JNIMS, the chief minister said that it would be opened soon. “The required infrastructure and machinery and operation theatre are ready for use and six nurses are given special hands-on training to assist the doctors in Neurosurgery department,” he added.

CM stated that awareness programmes regarding organ transplantation from the dead bodies will also be started soon in the state. He also urged cooperation from the public and stated that organ transplant would save many lives in the state.

On the occasion, chief minister released a half yearly bilingual journal titled “Phijeegi Mani Laktagee”(The Hidden Treasure). The journal is published by Relief Centre for the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons, Manipur.

Hundreds of people came for the 8th Meeyamgi Numit to address their grievances to the second head of the state. The chief minister attended to as many as 620 complaints and personally met nearly 1500 people from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm today.