'Use Corpus Fund To Support Organ Transplants For Poor Patients,' Says Maharashtra Health Minister Prakash Abitkar
Mumbai: Maharashtra Health Minister Prakash Abitkar has directed officials to provide financial assistance from the corpus fund for organ transplant surgeries of poor and needy patients when the cost exceeds the amount available under government health schemes. He said the move would help strengthen the state’s organ donation and transplantation campaign and ensure that financially disadvantaged…
Maharashtra Health Minister Prakash Abitkar has proposed using the state's corpus fund to provide financial assistance for organ transplant surgeries of poor and needy patients when the cost exceeds the amount available under government health schemes. This move aims to strengthen the state's organ donation and transplantation campaign and ensure that financially disadvantaged patients are not deprived of advanced treatment.
At a recent meeting chaired by Abitkar, officials from Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune and the Public Health and Family Welfare Department discussed providing cardiac and cancer treatment under the integrated Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. Additionally, plans are underway to establish a diagnostic centre in Gargoti, Kolhapur, to provide affordable diagnostic services such as CT scans, X-rays, ECG, 2-D Echo, and USG for patients from western Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, and rural regions.
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