PNS | Bhubaneswar
In a bid to provide healthcare cover to over 58 lakh students in 60,000 schools across the State, the State Health Department under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is going to extend the School Health Scheme to all the schools tentatively from July 5, as decided at a meeting chaired by Health Minister Prasanna Acharya flanked by Mass Education Minister Pratap Jena at the State Secretariat here on Thursday.
The Chief Minister had launched the programme in Kandhamal on October 1 last year.
Initially, the scheme had access to only the 1675 residential girls’ schools in 30 districts under the Tribal Welfare Department.
Both the day-scholars and boarders from classes 1-10 will be covered under the scheme following which a thorough health check-up of each student will be undertaken twice a year. Meanwhile, 325160 and 5157000 health cards meant for boarders and day-scholars respectively have been dispatched to the CDMOs.
Under the scheme, an allowance of Rs 100 will be given to a student travelling from the village to the hospital, Rs 50 per day if admitted and free medicine.
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