New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday accused two Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers for allegedly obstructing the state authorities’s ‘Farishte Dilli Ke’ scheme and sought their suspension for blocking free and quick therapy for many who meet with accidents on roads within the nationwide capital.
The Delhi Health Minister additionally wrote a letter to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal looking for stringent motion towards the 2 IAS officers within the Health Department.
The ‘Farishte Dilli Ke’ scheme makes use of fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to encourage residents to assist victims of highway accidents, thermal burns and acid assaults with out the worry of authorized trouble or police inquiry.
Under this scheme, the victims get cashless therapy at any registered public or personal nursing residence or hospital throughout Delhi. Those who deliver within the victims additionally get an appreciation quantity of Rs 2,000 from the Delhi authorities.
The Health Minister named two IAS officers and alleged that the 2 officers “conspired” to delay or cease funds to personal hospitals.
As a consequence, the hospitals aren’t offering therapy to sufferers beneath the ‘Farishtey Dilli Ke scheme.’Bharadwaj whereas addressing a press convention stated that for the previous yr, the scheme has not labored. “Under this scheme, personal hospitals are instructed to deal with the sufferers coming after an accident. Since its launch in 2018, almost 23,000 folks have been handled beneath this scheme.
However, for the previous one and half years, the funds haven’t been made to the personal hospitals.
“The minister cited many incidents where the Farishtey scheme saved the lives of people living in Delhi after they met with an accident. The officers have conspired to obstruct the scheme. These two officers should be punished for stopping such schemes,” he stated.
He additional informed the press that former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, who was additionally in command of the well being ministry on January 24, 2023, referred to as a particular assembly to ask why Rs 24.5 crore was nonetheless due, however no timeline was offered to him.
Highlighting that the majority accident deaths are of these travelling on two-wheelers, the minister stated that they’re typically breadwinners of their households.
“I have asked the Delhi CM to immediately suspend these officers and take strict action against them,” he stated within the press convention.
These officers have by no means defined why pending dues to personal hospitals beneath this scheme aren’t being cleared, he additional added.
“Some officers think that they can malign the Kejriwal government by stopping the payments and obstructing schemes by the Delhi government,” he stated.
He additional cited the difficulty of non-payment of dues to labourers working beneath the Delhi Jal Board and different schemes of the Delhi authorities. (ANI)