PANJIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday informed that an insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh has been extended to all health workers who are at the forefront in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
The insurance cover, provided under the central government’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, is funded through the National Disaster Response Fund, operated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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“Insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh has been extended to all health workers in Goa,” the CM tweeted.
The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana provides an insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh per health worker in case of loss of life due to COVID-19 or accidental loss of life on account of coronavirus-related duties, he said further.
Doctors, nurses, paramedics, sanitation workers and a few others working in hospitals under the Central and state governments will be covered under the insurance scheme, the Union government had earlier announced and further informed that all government health centres, wellness centres and hospitals of the Centre as well as states would be covered under this scheme.
Private hospital staff treating COVID-19 patients is also covered under the scheme, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
