In a bid to adhere with the precocious court’s orders, past week the institute enactment up much than 50 signboards detailing the PPWF.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court had precocious directed PGIMER to prominently show signboards astir the Poor Patient Welfare Fund (PPWF) crossed the field to guarantee mediocre patients are informed astir the fund. The tribunal had besides observed that owed to a deficiency of consciousness and the ample fig of patients, galore are incapable to entree the fund.
In a bid to adhere with the precocious court’s orders, past week the institute enactment up much than 50 signboards detailing the PPWF. These person been enactment up successful lifts, passages, outpatient departments (OPDs), entry, exit and reception areas of the institute and besides waiting areas. All the accusation and interaction numbers astir the PPWF is connected these boards successful Hindi, English and Punjabi, and this is the archetypal clip that consciousness astir the money is being created by the institute successful this manner, though the money has been successful beingness for the past 2 decades.
The PPWF aims to span the spread betwixt aesculapian treatments and fiscal constraints faced by the disadvantaged and the effort is to guarantee that nary 1 is denied healthcare services owed to fiscal constraints. The money assists successful the signifier of medicines, tests, beds, and surgical items for patients who are admitted to the institute and who are holders of below-the-poverty enactment (BPL) and Antyodaya Anna Yojana cards issued by assorted authorities governments. On the proposal of the caput of the section and appraisal of treating doctors, assistance is besides provided to mediocre patients from this fund, particularly those successful exigency oregon suffering from life-threatening diseases, provided the diligent is not utilising immoderate authorities aesculapian security oregon Ayushman Bharat cards. Every twelvemonth individuals, companies, NGOs, and trusts, donate generously to the fund, with a ample fig of donations present being received online.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court besides directed those penalised by the tribunal to deposit penalties successful the fund. “Some besides donate to the money each month, and with the online system, galore find it convenient to donate. We assistance astir 30 patients regular and person astir 70 to 80 queries astir the money from patients. Once the doc refers the diligent to the PPWF cell, we travel a process of checking the BPL status, marque files, get the estimation of attraction etc,” a elder serviceman successful the hospital’s medication said.
In 2023-2024, the PPWF had benefited 5,402 patients, with Rs 3.24 crore utilised retired of a full donation of Rs 4.80 crore. From April to December 2024, 4,920 patients benefited, with Rs 3.50 crore utilised retired of Rs 3.73 crore successful donations.
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