RSBY supports free medical service delivery abolishing user charges in Secondary and Primary hospitals in West Bengal

RSBY in West Bengal updates

Unprecedented claim improvement in last 6.5 months. 2.20 lakhs patients for cashless surgical treatment worth Rs 145 Crores from April 2014 to October 25th 2014 through network of 745 hospitals spread throughout the state. After successfully starting RSBY in 120 Govt hospitals in last one year, covering all Medical College Hospitals and Secondary hospitals, it has now been decided to enlist all BPHC and Rural Hospitals in next one year. Some BPHCs enlisted last year are doing quite well like Haldibari earned Rs 6 lakhs in 6 months. This decision will provide easy access to healthcare in all blocks of the state.

 

Convergence of RSBY with hospital service supports yielded positive results in the State. RSBY now supports Rogi Sahayata Kendra set up in all Hospitals up to Sub division extending patient care help to patients at help desk counters. RSBY contributes substantially to the efforts of the State Government to provide free medical services and abolition of user charges in Primary and Secondary hospitals of the state as notified this week and all set to provide alternative financial support to Rogi Kalyan Samities of Hospitals. Experience of RSBY in Govt. Hospitals in last one year has been very encouraging. Now, implementation of RSBY in block level hospitals will certainly support Rogi Sahayak Kendra help counters.

 

Affordable and equitable access to healthcare will be a step to move towards Universal Assurance of Health Care to all. Thanks Team RSBY West Bengal for sincere efforts.

Abolition of user charges and bed charges in Primary and Secondary hospitals in West Bengal from today- remarkable decision

West Bengal Government issued orders today withdrawing the user charges for diagnostics, surgeries, therapeutic, hospital charges, treatment costs for drugs, pathology, imaging and bed charges including Cabin charges and CCU charges from all primary and secondary hospitals under Health & Family Welfare department. Abolition of user charges and bed charges is remarkable decision to achieve affordable, equitable access to health care to all and improve easy accessibility as system of paying beds, BPL identity/ income certificate etc are abolished making all services free. 

Copy of orders issued and sent to hospitals today can be downloaded from www.wbhealth.gov.in. Circular being issued to all hospitals to erase wall writings of user charges, bed charges and other charges and rewrite public messages as per new order.

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RSBY to be started in all BPHCs, Rural Hospitals in West Bengal, to be supported by RSKs

After successfully launching RSBY in all Secondary hospitals, Health department of West Bengal today decided to provide RSBY services in all BPHCs and Rural Hospitals having more than 10 functional beds. More than 300 hospitals will be enlisted. 

The model of Rogi Kalyan Samity RSK at secondary hospitals have been very successful in all Government hospitals. Decision has been taken today to engage two Rogi Sahayaks in RSK at BPHC and RH out of administrative cost of RSBY. There are 5 Rogi Sahayaks in each Secondary Hospitals and 8 in each Medical College Hospitals extending their support at Patient Help Desk. 

Convergence of RSBY with hospital services will go a long way in the direction of health care support. 

RSBY in West Bengal covered 2.15 lakhs patients in last six months worth Rs 112 Crores settled by Insurance Companies to 727 enlisted hospitals. There were only 521 hospitals when Health Department took over the scheme and 206 hospitals added in one year that includes 120 Government HOSPITALS. Government hospital collected Rs 13 Crores in last six months and gradually increasing its share. 

West Bengal RSBY is committed to provide quality health care and increased claims.

DNB courses in six district hospitals of West Bengal : 36 seats out of 42 filled, courses started

In earlier blog post, we reported that 22 doctors has joined in six district hospitals in the first round of counselling and 2nd round of counselling is going on.

After second round of counselling, National Board of Examinations have published the list of 14 more candidates in six hospitals of West Bengal. Now, 36 seats have been filled. It is great news and satisfactory response to initiative of Health Department of West Bengal to start DNB courses at District Hospitals. You may read earlier posts about DNB at www.meenaonkar.blogspot.com.

 

Our teams from the department started interacting the doctor students at the hospitals and guiding them about the three years DNB courses.

 

Here is latest status of filling up of seats.

Name of DH/ Speciality	Anaesthesiology	General Medicine	General Surgery	Obstetrics & Gynaecology	Paediatrics	Total filled in DH	Percent seat filled
Asansol DH	1	2	2	1	1	7	100%
Purulia DH	0	2	2	1	0	5	71%
Krishnagar DH	1	1	1	1	1	5	71%
Barasat DH	1	2	2	1	1	7	100%
Howrah DH	1	1	2	1	1	6	86%
Chinsurah Imambara DH	1	2	2	1	0	6	86%
Total filled	5	10	11	6	4	36	86%
Total seats	6	12	12	6	6	42
Total vacant	1	2	1	0	2	6	14%
Break up vacant	OBC-A 1	OBC-A 1 and PWD 1	OBC-A 1		OBC-A 1 and PWD 1	Vacant : OBC-A4 PWD 2