West Bengal is the first state in the country to issue smart cards for Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) in the name of women who are family heads, state's junior health minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said.
"We have given health insurance to more than 60 lakh families under RSBY that is the highest in the nation. We have also given smart cards in the name of the lady heading the family. We are the first and only state in India who has done this. Other states are being asked to follow our example in this," Chandrima said.
The minister of state for health was speaking at a patient safety congress organised by Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals here.
She said that they have given topmost priority to health with special focus on poor, mother and child and the elderly.
Chandrima said they are starting 13 mother and child hubs in different district hospitals.
