As on September 17, at least 220 Covid-19 insurance claims are pending with the insurance companies. Of these, in 212 cases, complete claim documents are to be submitted by the states and eight claims approved by the insurance company are pending for the nominee details, said the Government in Parliament on Sunday.
The Centre has, through a number of letters, asked states and Union Territories to ensure swift processing of insurance claims under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package’ to frontline health workers fighting COVID-19, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha. Replying to another question, the Minister said that disposal of biomedical waste including PPE kits worn by healthcare professionals and public became a challenge during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Replying to another query, Choubey said India has 15,403 Covid-19 treatment facilities with 15,54,022 isolation beds, 63,758 ICU beds and 2,32,505 oxygen supported beds while so far, a total of 344.78 lakh N95 masks and 141.46 lakh PPE kits have been supplied to states, Union Territories and central government institutions.
“There is no shortage of PPE kits and ventilators in the dedicated Covid-19 facilities across the country,” the minister said.
