SURKHET: A total of l 139,520 people in Jajorkot, Surkhet, Rukum and Kalikot districts in Karnali province now have access to health insurance facility, according to Health Insurance Board. These number of people joined the government’s health insurance program in the past 19 months.
As per their insurance claim, Rs. 44 million has already been paid. The Board had also collected Rs. 47 million as contributions for the insurance scheme from all the service recipients.
Meanwhile, the board is planning to extend the scheme to Humla, Dolpa, Mugu and Dailekh in the current fiscal year.
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