Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) West Bengal will be linked to Ayushman Bharat, the Central health insurance scheme, from Monday, with a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the state government and the National Health Authority (NHA) to be signed later in the day in the national capital.The MoU will be signed in the presence of Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda and West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. With the signing of the MoU, West Bengal will be the 36th state to get linked to the Ayushma…
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Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday announced that the health department will start “live monitoring” of district hospitals in the state to curb malaises plaguing the healthcare system.He said that through this live monitoring of functioning of hospitals, the government wants to cure three long-standing malaises, namely absence of doctors during official duty hours, rampant reference of patients to medical colleges and hospitals in Kolkata without ade…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) The first BJP-ruled state government in West Bengal led by the state’s first BJP Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, will begin its journey after the oath ceremony on Saturday with a gift from the Union Jal Shakti ministry which had cleared an amount of Rs 2,700 crore under the central ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ project.A communication from the Union Ministry on this count reached the current state secretariat of Nabanna on Friday evening, where it was said that the amount of Rs …
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) After the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, on Friday released “Sankalp Patra” (election manifesto) for assembly polls in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, drew a comparison between the manifesto proposals and the promises of higher returns on investment by chit fund or Ponzi entities. “BJP’s promises are like those made by the chit funds. Their promises have no value. The promises in the BJP’s manifesto to pay Rs 3,000 …