Shimla, May 12 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh Government on Wednesday said that the state was providing free treatment to all Covid patients and this facility was also extended in all the registered private hospitals converted as COVID facilities.
Speaking at a high-level meeting here, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that in the wake of increase in number of Covid-19 cases, Government providing free treatment to all Covid patients as this benefit is covered under the health insurance schemes, such as 'Himcare' and 'Ayushman Bharat' Scheme.
In state, 4.16 lakh families were covered under 'Ayushman Bharat' and 5.13 lakh under State funded 'Himcare scheme' and all eligible are being extended free treatment of Covid-19.