₹808 cr claims to kin of healthcare workers who died of covid: Minister
₹808 crore to families of 1,616 deceased healthcare workers from 33 states and UTs, who were involved in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
The Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19 was launched on March 30, 2020, to provide comprehensive personal accident cover of ₹50 Lakh to 22.12 lakh health care providers including community health workers and private health workers who may have been in direct contact and care of COVID-19 patients and may be at risk of being impacted by this. "201 compensation claims amounting to ₹100.5 crore had been paid in Maharashtra, 160 claims amounting to ₹80 crore were paid in Andhra Pradesh and 134 claims amounting to ₹67 crore were paid to Uttar Pradesh," said Mandaviya.
Responding to a question by Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien, Mandaviya said though states were to keep disaggregated records, only a handful shared such records with the Centre when asked.
The Union Minister said that only six out of 36 states and union territories maintain separate records of health workers who died due to COVID-19 in the last two years.
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