The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the State Chief Secretary on a complaint petition filed by chairperson of Human Rights Front (HRF) Manoj Jena on the deprivation of delivering health benefits under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana and Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana to 20 lakh beneficiaries of Banarpal community health centre in Angul district.
Banarpal community health centre (CHC) has drastically failed the card holders of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, who are entitled to get medicines up to Rs 30, 000.
Similarly, under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana, the beneficiaries are entitled to get free health services at any Government hospital. People can have this facility in hospitals in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar.
But the beneficiaries of Banarpal block have been deprived of the service since December, 2019.
While there are about 30, 000 BPL beneficiaries in the block, 20, 000 of them have cards and are eligible to get free health services. But the beneficiaries visiting the CHC allege that they are not getting any benefits even though they have cards.
The apex human rights body ordered to the Chief Secretary to take appropriate action within eight weeks associating the complainant and victims.
