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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Thursday said that determination was a surge successful expenses nether the Swasthya Sathi strategy crossed the authorities during the protests against the rape-murder of a inferior pistillate doc astatine the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, successful Kolkata, prompting the authorities to probe into the matter.
The authorities authorities volition instrumentality enactment against protesting doctors who availed ‘Swasthya Sathi’ money, during the RG Kar protest, the main curate said during the Question Hour league successful the Assembly. “At that clip (during the RG Kar protests), determination was a surge successful the expenditure nether the Swasthya Sathi scheme. We are conducting an enquiry. The culprits volition beryllium punished,” Banerjee said.
Swasthya Sathi strategy is simply a wellness security programme of the authorities authorities for secondary and tertiary attraction up to Rs 5 lakh per annum per family. Reportedly, a survey has revealed that during the inferior doctors’ protests implicit the RG Kar rape and murder, determination was a important surge successful the state’s spending connected diligent attraction nether the Swasthya Sathi strategy successful backstage hospitals.
During the Assembly league connected Thursday, TMC MLA Samir Jana asked whether the authorities authorities spent much wealth into the ‘Swasthya Sathi’ strategy during the RG Kar protest, to which the Chief Minister, who besides holds the authorities wellness portfolio, said, “We had spent tons of wealth during that time. We can’t accidental thing arsenic the RG Kar contented is subjudice. That clip galore did attraction taking wealth from Swasthya Sathi. We investigated that. We are present treble checking who were misusing the money. We volition punish those who misused people’s money.”
Additionally, Minister of State of Health Chandrima Bhattacharya briefed the Assembly that the authorities authorities spent Rs 2,684 crore during 2023-24 fiscal twelvemonth successful the Swasthya Sathi strategy and that 21,27,249 families benfitted from the scheme. Bhattacharya underlined that the fig of families who person received assistance from the strategy accrued to 80,25,876 till October 31, and that the authorities spent Rs 10,719 crore.
Meanwhile, expressing interest implicit the online tablet fraud, successful which funds were siphoned from authorities allocations meant for pupil tablets the CM said that probe is connected and constabulary are searching for the main accused successful the case.
“We person already arrested respective persons who did this. Police are present searching for the kingpin of this scam. No 1 volition beryllium spared. We volition instrumentality beardown enactment against these culprits,” the CM said. — With PTI
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