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News Title Free treatment for children having major ailments
News Contents The State government will provide free treatment to children below 18 years suffering from life-threatening diseases and accident trauma, said Health Minister P.K. Sreemathy here on Thursday. Treatment will be given free for open heart surgery, diseases of the kidney, cancer, haemophilia and orthopaedic cases. She was speaking after inaugurating a new outpatient (OP) block at the Taluk Hospital here. M. Ummer, MLA, presided over the function. The Minister said Rs.2 crore would be sanctioned for the General Hospital at Manjeri. A cancer detection centre will soon be opened at the District Hospital, she said. Ms. Sreemathy said patients at the General Hospital would be provided three times free meal, and helpers would be given lunch for Rs. 2. She said various programmes aimed at social welfare were being implemented by the government. The Aswasakiranam project offering Rs.300 a month for those taking care of the mentally and physically challenged, and the aged was being implemented, she said. �They will get rice at Rs.2 a kg. Thirty-five lakh families in the State would benefit from this,� she said. The Minister said the annual income ceiling for the pension of widows was raised to Rs.22,750. District Panchayat president Arimbra Mohammed delivered the keynote address. Malappuram Municipal chairman Kiliyamannil Yakoob welcomed the gathering. During a visit to the P.S. Varier Ayurveda College at Kottakkal, the Minister said the institution would be converted into a centre of excellence. Ms. Sreemathi inaugurated a central medical store at the College and laid the foundation stone for a postgraduate hostel. -- The Hindu
 




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