Mediclaim to get cashless treatment in Uttar Pradesh's super specialty block

• 25 Oct 2022

Why in news?

• On October 24, 2022, nodal officer, GSVM Super Specialty PGI, Uttar Pradesh, Dr Manish Singh said that patients will now get cashless treatment from mediclaim in super specialty blocks created in 6 medical colleges including GSVM PGI in the state. For this, the state government has also approved.

Imp points

• Nodal Officer Dr Manish Singh said that the super specialty blocks will be run on the model of Maulana Azad Medical College New Delhi. For this, the blue print of Maulana Azad Medical College is also being studied.
• TPA blocks will also be created to treat mediclaim patients in super specialty blocks, so that patients do not have to run for mediclaim.
• It is known that the super specialty block has been built under the Prime Minister's Health Protection Scheme.
• Six medical colleges have been set up in Kanpur, Agra, Meerut, Prayagraj and Jhansi, Gorakhpur. GSVM super specialty GPI has been completed in Meerut, Kanpur and Gorakhpur and super specialty treatment of patients has also started here.
• Dr. Manish Singh said that so far everything in the state is being operated with the resources of medical colleges. But in the coming one month, they will be run as a society.
• It is known that till now these medical colleges were being prepared to run on the model of KGMU-SGPGI in the state, but now they will be run by the state government on maulana azad medical college model.
• The OPD of Neuro Surgery, Neurology, Gastro, Nepro has started in GSVM PGI and in a few days, the OPD of Gastro Surgery, Euro and indoor will also be started here.
• For the next five years, the maintenance work of PGI has been entrusted to the construction agency HIDES.