New Delhi: Up to now, 2,351 claims of Rs 50 lakh every have been settled underneath the insurance coverage scheme for well being staff combating COVID-19, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar instructed the Lok Sabha on Friday. The ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Bundle (PMGKP), insurance coverage scheme for Health Care Staff Preventing COVID-19′ was launched on March 30, 2020 to supply complete private accident cowl of Rs 50 Lakh to 22.12 lakh well being care suppliers together with neighborhood well being staff and personal well being staff who might have been in direct contact and care of COVID-19 sufferers and could also be liable to getting impacted by this.

Additional, on account of the unprecedented scenario, non-public hospital workers/retired/ volunteer/native city our bodies/contract/every day wage/ad-hoc/outsourced workers requisitioned by states/central hospitals/autonomous hospitals of central/states/Union Territories, AIIMS and Institute of Nationwide Significance (INI)/hospitals of Central Ministries particularly drafted for care of COVID-19 sufferers had been additionally coated underneath the PMGKP topic to fulfilment of sure circumstances.

“For the reason that launch of the scheme, to date, 2,351 claims of well being staff, together with docs, have been settled,” she stated in her written reply.