'DhanWantari Scheme' Now home delivery of scarce medicines!

Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI: The State government is going to start home delivery of scarce medicines on three conditions – if the medicine is not available within a 10-km radius of the patient, not available in the district and the State.

Informing the media of this on Friday, State Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “We’re going to do it under Dhanwantari Scheme. The people who want to get scarce medicines through this scheme will have to telephone 104 and name the medicines. They can also send their prescriptions through WhatsApp. Our ASHA workers and multi-purpose workers will collect the medicines and deliver them to the patients’ families. If the cost of the medicines is Rs 200 or below, the medicines will be delivered free of cost. If the cost of the medicines is over Rs 200, the patients’ families will have to foot the bill. The delivery of medicines may take eight hours to seven days. If a medicine isn’t available in a particular locality, we may collect and deliver it within around eight hours. If it isn’t available in the pharmacies in a district, it may take one or two days for us to deliver. If medicines have to be brought from outside Assam, it may take around seven days to deliver. ”

The minister has, however, appealed to the people of the State not to make unnecessary calls to 104 as that may dilute the purpose of the scheme.

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