Mamata Banerjee on Monday said those not getting biometric cards under the state’s Swasthya Sathi free health insurance scheme before polls would get temporary cards to ensure cashless treatment...
The Mamata Banerjee government has decided to enhance the capacity of printing Swasthya Sathi cards to cover all people in Bengal under the state-sponsored health insurance scheme ahead of the Assembl...
Mamata went to Manjhir Thhan, a place for worship of tribal people, and paid her respect. She also walked through narrow roads of Ballabhpur Danga village, meeting and talking to villagers.
Tulsi Sor...
The state government on Tuesday formed a committee to look into, among other things, whether the rates under the Swasthya Sathi insurance scheme could be increased as demanded by private hospitals. &n...
Private hospitals on Monday expressed reservations about the rates of a Bengal government insurance scheme that has recently been extended to all residents of the state.
At a meeting on Monday, repre...
The state health department has called a meeting with private hospitals on Monday to discuss how to ensure they do not refuse patients covered under the Swasthya Sathi scheme.
Health secretary Naraya...
A block development officer went beyond the call of duty to visit a primary health centre late on Wednesday to hand over Swasthya Sathi (free health insurance offered by the state government) cards to...
Some 100 families from villages of Kazigram panchayat under Englishbazar block of Malda have written to chief minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging they were denied the state’s Swasthya Sathi facil...
The recent visit of Gulshan Biwi, a 65-year-old transgender, to the state government’s Duare Sarkar (government-on-doorstep) camp at Birbhum’s Rampurhat laid bare a harsh reality — t...