Chennai :

Madras Medical College (MMC) has been ranked first in the number of patients treated under the chief minister’s comprehensive health insurance scheme. A total of 691 private hospitals and 120 government hospitals participated in the scheme, which was launched on January 11, 2012.

As many as 35,000 patients were treated under scheme at five hospitals attached to Madras Medical College. The hospitals earned a total of Rs 53 crore during the period, a release fromMMC said. The five hospitals attached to MMC are Government General Hospital , Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Government Hospital for Women and Children, Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital for Women and Children and Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and Government Ophthalmic Hospital.

Under the scheme, the sum assured for each family is Rs 1 lakh every year for a period of four years. The scheme covers 1,016 procedures, 113 follow-up procedures and 23 diagnostic procedures. The cost of the tests required for treatment is also a part of the insurance cover.

Any family whose annual income was Rs 72,000 or less, members of unorganized labour welfare boards, and, the spouse, children and dependent parents of such members in urban and rural areas are eligible for the scheme.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Chennai> Madras Medical College / by Manish Raj, TNN / July 18th, 2013