Health Card For Women

Health Card For Women HYDERABAD: Marking the Women's Day, Apollo Hospitals has launched WE (Women's Health Empowerment) scheme offering them an exclusive Web site and a health card. Priced at Rs 495, the card allows women to undergo a comprehensive health check, which include tests for blood picture, urine examination, blood sugar, ECG, ultrasound abdomen and bone densitometry."Individually these tests cost Rs 3,650," Ms Sangeetha Reddy, Director (Operations) of Apollo Hospitals, said. Addressing a gathering here, Dr Seshagiri Rao, Head (Department of Cardiology), said women were susceptible to heart disease after menopause. Dr Vindya, a senior gynaecologist, said women lost calcium in during the period,said by Apollo In press. Posted by Sekhar at 3:51 AM 0 comments Health Cards For Poor From July Hyderabad People Gets The Gift of Health Cards :The Rajiv Arogyasri cards providing free medical treatment worth Rs. 2 lakh under the comprehensive health insurance scheme for white card holders will be issued from July 19 onwards, said the Minister for Minorities Welfare, Coal and Energy Mohd. Ali Shabbir on Wednesday. Participating in the Praja Patham programme at Gulshannagar in Musheerabad, he said the scheme was postponed in the twin cities because of bypolls and all the 6.5 lakh white ration card holders in the district would be issued with the health cards. “With these cards the poor can go to any hospital of their choice to get treatment for chronic diseases of heart, kidneys, cancer and others. Any doctor refusing to treat a patient with the health card will go to jail,” he declared. People Thanked: New ration cards would also be issued from July 5 onwards for those yet to get them. Mr. Shabbir said the Government was supplying Rs. 2-a-kilo and from next month, palm oil would be sold at Rs. 45 and red gram at Rs. 30-a-kilo at all ration shops. He pointed out that the government also did not let the recent hike in diesel and gas affect the consumers by absorbing the Rs. 125 crore “burden”. He and his colleague Mukesh Goud thanked the locals for electing the party candidate T. Manemma during the recent bypoll. “You have elected our candidate and we are beholden to fulfil all the promises made. While pensions will be given, infrastructure works like roads and sewers will take time,” said Mr. Goud. About 34,834 new pensions for the old, destitute, widows and physically challenged would be given to the eligible persons. This would be in addition to the current 70,000 pensions being given at Rs. 200 a month. Health Camp: Collector Navin Mittal said a mega health camp will be held to identify poor people already suffering from different ailments and they too would be given the health cards as a special gesture. The Ministers laid the foundation stone for a new water pipeline at a cost of Rs. 12 lakh. Around 250 households would get water once the project is completed in a month. MLA T. Manemma and Greater Congress chief D. Nagender, were present. Posted by Sekhar at 3:48 AM 0 comments Health Cards Launched In Hyderabad Yashoda Hospital introduces health card:Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu launched the city based Yashoda Hospital’s health card here recently. Speaking on the launch, Naidu said the card would be advantageous to the middle class and lower section of the people.The chief minister stressed that unless private corporate and super specialty hospitals co-operate with the government, it would be impossible to ensure better healthcare service to the common man.Naidu informed that the government had decided to privatise sanitation in all teaching hospitals and hospitals under AP Vidya Vidhana Parishad.Regarding teaching hospitals, a pilot scheme had already been commenced in another city based hospital, Niloufer hospitals, he said. The Yashoda health card is valid for three years and would be issued against a membership fee of Rs 5,000.At the end of the term, the membership fee would either be refunded or renewed as per the member’s choice.A member, along with three members of his/her family is entitled to 50 per cent discount on all diagnosis - outpatient and in-patient, 25 per cent discount on room tariff and theatre charges, 25 per cent discount on doctor’s fees and free ambulance service for in-patient within the twin cities.Briefing the press persons about the card, Dr G S Rao, executive director, Yashoda hospital, said that for the patients who come from other districts of the state in critical conditions, this scheme would be of immense help.The Yashoda hospital was presently concentrating on providing better healthcare and would come up with new branches in various parts of the state in the near future, Rao said. He said that the application forms for health card were available at Yashoda superspecialty hospital, Somajiguda and Malakpet and all branches of Andhra Bank in the twin cities.The enrollment would begin from September 10, 2001 and continue till October 10,2001. The hospital plans to have a limited enrollment for the cards. Posted by Sekhar at 3:44 AM 0 comments India Health Cards India Health Cards ...How it Works ? ? ?Give gift of health using India Health Card to your family and friends in India. The India Health Card holders will be able to receive quality health care at reduced cost from our network of health care service providers.There are two types of membership cards, the Individual Card and the Family Card. 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