Patna, May 9: In an effort to reach the benefits of modern medicare to the most deprived sections of the society, Bihar Government today decided to provide monetary help to below poverty line (BPL) people for treatment, both inside and outside the state, of ten serious diseases.The state cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, also decided to launch 'Janani, Bal Surakhsa' scheme with the help of the Centre under which BPL mothers would be provided financial help for delivering their babies in government hospitals as well as in private nursing homes.The scheme is aimed at checking the mother and infant mortality among the BPL families. The existing mother and infant mortality rate in Bihar is 452 per one lakh and 60 per thousand births respectively. Both the schemes would be launched in the state from July one, cabinet secretary A K Chouhan told reporters here.Chouhan said the government would provide Rs 40,000 for cancer operation within the state and Rs 60,000 elsewhere to a member of a BPL family. Similarly, the government would dole out Rs 1.5 lakh for kidney transplant, Rs 50,000 for implanting pacemaker, an equal amount for the treatment of AIDS, Rs 15,000 for spine surgery and also for treatment of brain tumors.The cabinet secretary said the government has also decided to provide life saving medicines free of cost to outdoor and indoor patients in medical college hospitals, government hospitals and primary health centres. Altogether 32 drugs would be made available free of cost in medical colleges and 24 drugs in government hospitals.
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