Goemkaponn Desk
PANAJI: The state government has finally brought COVID-19 treatment under the Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) – the universal cashless health insurance scheme, In a bid to ease the pressure on the State run medical facilities.
As per the order, for general wards the charges are capped at Rs 8000 per day while Rs 19,200 per day for ICU with ventilator occupancy in private hospitals.
The package includes admission charges, Intensivist, Primary and Specialist Consultant charges, Bed charges, nursing. Resident Doctor, diet, PPE kits for staff, X-Ray, ECG, USG, 2D Echo, Cardiac Monitor, Infusion Pump.
Also Catheterization, CBC, FBSL PPBSL, HBA1c, Creatinine, liver function test, blood group, routine medicine including multivitamin, Vitamin C, Zinc, Vitamin D. Paracetamol, Antacid, Anti-allergic, HCQ Azithromycin, Doxycycline, levofloxacin and dexamethasone, ivermectin, dietary charges have been included in package.
However, the package does not include
Diagnostic Interventions, Special drugs, Use of special equipment, Other special procedures/ surgery etc and Extra Oxygen flow other than ICU.
Meanwhile, the Scheme for COVID treatment shall be applicable only to those DDSSY empanelled Hospitals having only ICU facilities.