Punjab to introduce health insurance scheme- Insurance news-Insurance-Personal Finance-The Economic Times

This was disclosed by Ramesh Inder Singh Chief Secretary Punjab, while addressing the concluding function of three day North Zone Inter Medical and Dental Colleges Tournament at Dyanand Medical College and Hospital last night.

Further elaborating, the Chief Secretary said that apart from BPL families, the insurance would also be extended to the small farmers and farm laborers through village level Agri Cooperative Societies. He said that the fast advancement in science and technology and medical sector had completely changed the working system in all the fields and the new technologies has become essential ingredient in the hands of professionals.

He said that in the present times, the traditional medical research was on the process of shifting from Universalities to the Pharmaceutical companies and diagnostic centers and many new inventions in medical field were coming up daily. ET Debates Is the sixth pay panel award justified? All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service This site is best viewed with Internet Explorer.

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