Officials conspired to halt govt's free treatment scheme: Bhardwaj

HEALTH Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj, in a letter to CM Arvind Kejriwal, has alleged that a conspiracy is being hatched to neutralise the AAP government's Farishtey Dilli Ke' scheme. The minister said that for the past 1.5 years, payments for the bills of those private hospitals that treated accident victims under the scheme have not been made.

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The minister stated that it's a deliberate attempt to stop private hospitals from treating accident victims due to a lack of funds, causing inconvenience to Delhi people. "Under this scheme if any individual meets with an accident while walking on the road and gets admitted to a nearby private hospital, the entire treatment cost is covered by the Delhi government. He said that the scheme was initiated on January 15, 2018, and since then, it has saved the lives of over 23,000 people. However, under a calculated conspiracy, efforts have been made to halt the Farishtey scheme for nearly the past year."