Sehat Sahulat Program: 15 m families to get health card

Author: Web Desk

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan and State life on Wednesday has signed an agreement to provide Sehat Insaf Cards (SIC) to 15 million families

Under the Universal Health Coverage of Prime Minister Imran Khan the Sehat Sahulat Program (SSP) will be implementing all over the country.

Captain (R) Zahid Saeed, Federal Secretary National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination (NHSRC) and Chairman State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan signed the agreement.

Ministry of National Health Service, Regulations and Coordination, in collaboration with participating provinces and regions, has completed its procurement to expand its health initiative of “Sehat Sahulat Program” in Pakistan.

Through this initiative poor families will be provided with free of cost health insurance to secure indoor health care services worth Rs 720,000 from empanelled hospitals.

Under the Sehat Insaf program open heart surgeries, insertion of stunts, management of cancer, neurosurgical procures, burn management, accident management, dialysis, intensive care management, deliveries, C section and other medical / surgical procedures services would be provided to 15 million families.

The program will also provide Rs 1,000 transportation cost to its beneficiaries on their discharge from hospital.

It is estimated that as many as 15 million families living in Pakistan below the poverty line will benefit from this scheme.

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