Chief Minister-gi Hakshelgi Tengbang (CMHT) (The Hindu)

Chief Minister-gi Hakshelgi Tengbang (CMHT) (The Hindu)

• ·         Manipur Chief Minister has launched the Chief Minister-gi Hakshelgi Tengbang (CMHT), a pioneering health assurance scheme for the poor and disabled people.

Key facts:

• ·         The CMHT will provide cashless treatment to the poor at government hospitals, health centres and other empanelled selected private hospitals.
• ·         The scheme will provide cover up to Rs 2 lakh per eligible family identified from the Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) in the treatment of seven critical identified critical ailments - cardiovascular diseases, kidney ailments, neurological conditions, liver ailments, cancer, neo-natal diseases and burns per year.
• ·         The beneficiaries may get themselves enrolled for the scheme with the help of ASHA workers at the kiosks opened in nearby PHCs, CHCs and District Hospitals.
• ·         The most special aspect of the scheme is its innovative features. Firstly, CMHT will have convergence with Government of India programme like PMs Jana Aushadhi Programme and Free Diagnostic Programme.
• ·         Secondly, the scheme will be a truly IT platform driven scheme.
• ·         With the launching of this new scheme today his government had been able to provide two most noble social security schemes to its people, another being the Chief Minister-gi Sotharabashing gi Tengbang (CMST) launched on December 3, 2017.
• PMs Jana Aushadhi Programme, free diagnosis programme and launching of 10 modern hi-tech life support ambulances are part of all these programmes.