Bhubaneswar: The BSKY card shall be operational till the GJAY card becomes operational, said Odisha government sources on August 3. The Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) scheme has been renamed as Gopabandhu Jana Kalyan Yojana and Rs 5450 Crore had been allocated for the same in the budget.
The new card shall be started after the Budget Session of the Odisha Assembly ends on September 10 the Odisha Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling said.
Earlier on June 6, taking a serious note of the speculations over the reports regarding denial of treatment to the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) by the empanelled private hospitals, the then Odisha Chief Secretary PK Jena warned action against such hospitals if the allegations turn out to be true.
The Chief Secretary, in a video message, said, “From some mainstream media and social media platform, we got to know that some empanelled hospitals are denying treatment to the BSKY beneficiaries claiming such cashless treatment has been stopped. However, no such decision has been taken and the BSKY scheme is functioning at all private hospitals.”
“Every BSKY-empanelled hospital has to provide treatment to the beneficiaries and cannot make premature discharge of patients. The BSKY Yojana will continue until the new government takes any decision on the matter,” he added.
“People can dial the help line ‘104’ of the Health department to lodge their complaints if face problems and action will be taken against the hospitals which deny to provide treatment to BSKY beneficiaries,” the Chief Secretary warned.
Earlier the Health Department also had issued a clarification saying the BSKY scheme has not been stopped and the empanelled hospitals are providing free health services to the people.