The government’s attempt is to ensure affordable, accessible, and quality health care for all persons in the State, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.
Inaugurating the 75th year celebrations of Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Thiruvananthapuram, he said the government's focus was on developing the healthcare institutions in the State as Centres of Excellence and the State as a hub of quality medical care delivery.
Preventive medicine, morbidity reduction as well as modern curative care modalities were being given equal attention. Public healthcare delivery will be free on one hand while on the other, adequate social insurance protection by way of Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhati and Medisep has also been ensured. The government is going ahead with various developmental plans, with focus on the State’s health care requirements for the next 25 years.
