Health facilities of Jashpur district improved due to the efforts of Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai

Deendayal no longer has to travel miles for cancer treatment, is getting free treatment

Raipur, 09 January 2025: Due to the efforts of Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai, the facilities of government hospitals in Chhattisgarh are continuously expanding. On the instructions of the Chief Minister, the efforts of Health Minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal have strengthened the trust of the patients of the state towards government hospitals. Ram Pyare and Deendayal of Jashpur are telling their story about the expansion of health facilities.

Ram Pyare got free treatment in the longevity ward

My entire savings were exhausted in getting cancer treatment, I had to sell the house, in such a situation, the longevity ward of the district hospital became a savior for me where I am getting free treatment as well as medicines. This is what 60-year-old Ram Pyare Ram, a resident of Rajapara, says. Ram Pyare is working as a peon in the Government Model School. He had been complaining of pain and burning sensation in his stomach for many years. Initially, when Ram Pyare got himself examined in a private hospital in Ambikapur, the doctors started treatment saying that he had stomach ulcers. After two years of treatment, when he did not get relief, he got himself treated in a private hospital in Raipur. The examination revealed that he had stomach cancer. From there, he was referred to another private hospital. Where he was treated for a year. All the savings of his house were exhausted in this treatment. The situation became such that he had to sell his house. He kept getting buried under the burden of debt. The children tried to get treatment by taking loans from wherever they could.

In such a situation, he got information about free treatment in the district hospital. He started getting his treatment here. Now he does not have to go to Raipur again and again for treatment. Ram Pyare tells that his treatment used to cost from 90 thousand to 1 lakh per month. Apart from this, one had to bear the expenses of travel and other expenses separately. Here the treatment is free and there is no need to spend money to go anywhere. For this, he thanked Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai and the government.

Longevity Ward became a ray of hope in Deendayal’s troubles

Deendayal Yadav, a cancer patient of Kansabel, said that he was facing many physical problems since September 2023. When he got tested earlier, the problem of hydrocele was identified and treated. But the physical ailment continued to increase and there was swelling in the stomach. One day, while working at home, he fainted and continued to be treated in Kunkuri for 2-3 days in an unconscious state. When he was not aware of the disease, he was also examined in Ambikapur, then the doctors advised him to go to Medical College Raipur. Where the doctors’ examination revealed that he had kidney cancer.

This condition of Deendayal, who used to work as a mason at home and took the responsibility of the entire house on himself, had spread fear in the entire family, but the doctors explained that he could get his treatment done in his own district so that he does not have any financial burden. When he came to Jashpur, his free treatment started in the longevity ward under the Ayushman Card Scheme. It had become difficult for Deendayal to get up from the bed and even speak. Now gradually he has started recovering and he is now in a position to get up and sit on his own. For this, Deendayal and his wife also thanked Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai.