1,615 free surgeries conducted at pvt hospitals in last one year: Jain

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 25

Health Minister Satyendar Jain today said over 1,615 free surgeries under various categories have been conducted at private hospitals from March 2017 till February this year as part of a Delhi government’s “health for all” scheme for providing quality healthcare to people.

An encouraging number of people have availed facilities of free diagnostic services at various private facilities with more than 46,300 high-end diagnostic tests been carried out, Jain said.

The city government’s scheme, under which a list of identified high-end diagnostic (radiological) tests and surgeries are available free of cost at private hospitals/labs in case of delay in government hospitals, covers only permanent residents of Delhi.

Between March 2017 and February 2018 of 1,615 total surgeries conducted under the scheme included18 cardiac procedures, 214 urosurgery, and 205 eye operations.

Besides, 46,364 tests were conducted at the identified private setups out of which 14,834 were MRI tests, 5,988 were CT scans and 852 PET scans and 20,067 ultrasounds and Doppler tests were done during the period.

The minister said patients are referred from Delhi government hospitals or polyclinics while recently over the past two months ultrasounds and X-ray tests have also been done after being referred from dispensaries and mohalla clinics.