Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said the PDP-BJP government needed time to put the state back on the track of development and instill peace.
"My government has been in power for less than six months and needed time to put the state back on track," Sayeed said addressing a function organised to flag off 70 ambulances and vaccination vans, procured under National Health Mission (NHM) at SKICC here.
He said that his government wants to end uncertainty and instill peace in the state to take forward its development agenda.
Highlighting the need for improving healthcare sector, the Chief Minister said,"It pains me to see that those who require huge amount for cancer treatment are provided meagre financial assistance."
Sayeed instructed the Health department to work out modalities for enhancing the corpus of funds for the purpose.
He announced substantial hike in allocation under the corpus of revolving fund in order to make expensive medical treatment affordable for patients suffering from terminal diseases like cancer.
The Chief Minister had sanctioned a revolving fund for cancer patients during the District Development Board meeting of Srinagar and announced Rs one crore each for SKIMS Soura and Jammu Medical College respectively so that poor patients can be provided instant financial assistance for treatment.
With strengthening of tertiary healthcare sector, he said patients with terminal diseases would get succour as advanced medical treatment will now be available within the state.
With SKIMS in the process of setting up a State Cancer Institute with an amount of Rs 120 crore as grant-in-aid received from the Union Health Ministry, it is expected that cancer patients can avail advanced treatment within the state, he said.
