Rajasthan
Dialysis patients suffer as private hospitals boycott govt schemes in Rajasthan | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: Ambrine, a resident of Pahadganj in the city, is facing a tough time for the past few days. The 27-year-old woman has a chronic kidney condition and needs to undergo dialysis thrice a day.
With private hospitals having stopped providing all benefits under Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana in their protest against the upcoming Right to Health (RTH) Bill, this daughter of an autorickshaw driver is now searching for monetary aid to get the dialysis.
“The cost of dialysis along with a dialyzer is Rs 2,150. Without a dialyzer, it costs around Rs 1,000. One dialyzer works for four acts of dialysis. For tomorrow (Thursday), I have to arrange Rs 2,150 for dialysis,” said Ambrine’s mother, who is making efforts to arrange the money. Under Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana, Ambrine was getting dialysis free of cost at a private hospital.
According to an NGO official working with dialysis patients, the regular treatment of such patients at private hospitals has been affected due to the ongoing deadlock over the RTH Bill. “Most patients require dialysis on a weekly basis and may die without it. Elective surgeries can be postponed at a hospital, but dialysis is something that should be provided free of cost as it is costly, and a lot of patients cannot afford it being done twice and thrice a week,” he added.
However, a private hospital attached to a medical college has decided to continue providing the benefits under Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojna. Rubina, a resident of the walled city area who has been on dialysis for six years, said she is getting dialysis done free of cost under this health scheme. Patients from other districts who need to undergo surgeries are now postponing them due to the sudden discontinuance of benefits under the government’s health schemes such as the Chiranjeevi health insurance scheme and Rajasthan Government Health Scheme (RGHS).
“My 80-year-old mother is an RGHS beneficiary. Some days ago, a doctor from one of the top hospitals of Jaipur organized a camp in Bhilwara. But when I checked with the hospital, they said they had stopped providing benefit under RGHS,” said Neeraj Sharma, a government employee.
With private hospitals having stopped providing all benefits under Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana in their protest against the upcoming Right to Health (RTH) Bill, this daughter of an autorickshaw driver is now searching for monetary aid to get the dialysis.
“The cost of dialysis along with a dialyzer is Rs 2,150. Without a dialyzer, it costs around Rs 1,000. One dialyzer works for four acts of dialysis. For tomorrow (Thursday), I have to arrange Rs 2,150 for dialysis,” said Ambrine’s mother, who is making efforts to arrange the money. Under Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana, Ambrine was getting dialysis free of cost at a private hospital.
According to an NGO official working with dialysis patients, the regular treatment of such patients at private hospitals has been affected due to the ongoing deadlock over the RTH Bill. “Most patients require dialysis on a weekly basis and may die without it. Elective surgeries can be postponed at a hospital, but dialysis is something that should be provided free of cost as it is costly, and a lot of patients cannot afford it being done twice and thrice a week,” he added.
However, a private hospital attached to a medical college has decided to continue providing the benefits under Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojna. Rubina, a resident of the walled city area who has been on dialysis for six years, said she is getting dialysis done free of cost under this health scheme. Patients from other districts who need to undergo surgeries are now postponing them due to the sudden discontinuance of benefits under the government’s health schemes such as the Chiranjeevi health insurance scheme and Rajasthan Government Health Scheme (RGHS).
“My 80-year-old mother is an RGHS beneficiary. Some days ago, a doctor from one of the top hospitals of Jaipur organized a camp in Bhilwara. But when I checked with the hospital, they said they had stopped providing benefit under RGHS,” said Neeraj Sharma, a government employee.
