Free medicines in Govt Hospitals

Coming soon: Free medicines at govt hosps
Posted by: "Sheetal - Karmayog" info@karmayog.org
Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:31 am (PST)
Coming soon: Free medicines at govt hosps
New Delhi: All patients visiting any government health facility across the country could soon get medicines free of cost.
At a meeting chaired by Pulok Chatterjee, principal secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on Friday, the health ministry's Rs 30,000-crore medicine-forall scheme got a thumbs up with the PM keen to roll out health sector initiatives. The proposal will help cut India's high out-of-pocket expenditure on health care.
The government wants to peg health care spending at 2.5% of the GDP, or about Rs 2.5 lakh crore a year, in the 12th plan.
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