The State Government has announced to provide travelling expenses to the AIDs victim to go to Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) centres. Earlier, the State announced to provide monthly pension to AIDS patients.
"Budgetary provision has been made for this purpose. It will be effective from April 1," said Project Director, Orissa States AIDS Control Society (OSACS), Parameswar Swain. Swain said that the government would provide full travelling expenses to full blown patients travelling in public buses and trains and other modes of public transport to the ART centres. Around 1000 people would get the benefit under the scheme, he said.
There are three ART centres in the state, at MKCG Medical College Hospital, SCB Medical College Hospital at Cuttack and VSS Medical College Hospital at Burla. While the ART centre here has been functioning for the last two years, the other two centres are not functioning due to lack of staff.
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