Centre Extends PMGKP Scheme For Health Workers Fighting Covid-19
The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP), an insurance scheme for health care workers fighting Covid-19’ has been extended for a further period of 180 days from 19 April 2022, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.
The ministry in a press statement said that it has been decided to extend the policy so as to continue to provide the safety net to the dependents of health workers who are deputed to take care of Covid-19 patients.
A letter dated 19 April 2022 to this effect has been issued to the additional chief secretaries (health), principal secretaries (health), secretaries (health) of all states and union territories (UT) for giving wide publicity to the health workers in their respective states/UTs, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, the PMGKP was launched on 30 March 2020 to provide comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs 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.
Since the launch of the scheme, so far, 1905 claims of Health workers who died while being deployed for Covid-19 related duties have been settled, according to the ministry.
