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Covid-19: In rural Maharashtra, some primary health centres don t even have rapid testing kits
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No Testing Kits, Covid Centres Shut, Oxygen Miles Away: Rural Healthcare In Covid Times
In rural Nandurbar, some primary health centres do not even have rapid testing kits; Covid Care Centres have been shut after the second wave abated, and oxygen access is miles away.
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Nandurbar: When Kalubai Valvi was bitten by a snake last monsoon in Sumbipada in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, her husband Nimji did not take her to the primary health centre (PHC) in neighbouring Jangthi village. Instead, he paid more than Rs 2,000 to hire a vehicle to take her to the government-run Molgi rural hospital, two hours away. Valvi did the same when his daughter was bitten by a snake a few months later. Both survived.
Fact Check: Misleading Viral Post Claims Government Insurance Scheme May Be Availed for COVID-19 Deaths
Maya M
28 April 2021
A message is being circulated widely on WhatsApp and other social media with a claim that the benefits under two of the prime minister s (PM s) schemes the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) can be claimed for COVID-related deaths.
The advisory post reads “If someone in close relative/friends circle has died due to Covid-19 or for any reason, ask the bank for an account statement or passbook entry from 01-04 to 31-03 of the financial year. Seeing the entry of Rs. 12/- or Rs. 330/- , mark it, Go to the bank and Claim for Insurance Rs 200000.
Er. Prabhat Kishore
(The author is a technocrat & academician. He holds Master in Engineering from M.N. Regional Engineering College, Allahabad/Prayagraj) National Girl Child Day is observed in India on 24th January every year since 2008 with the objective to raise awareness about the rights of girls, the importance of education, health & nutrition as well as to highlight the inequalities faced by them.
The gender discrimination is also a major problem that is faced by girls in every corner of the world. Conservative outlook of the rural people and religious mystification usually contribute to worsening the situation. Misconception still prevails in the present age of digitalization as many parents living in rural areas think that if their daughter gets older, it will be difficult to marry them.
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