PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday announced that the Rs 50 lakh insurance cover will now be extended to all health workers in the state, who are part of the fight against
Covid
.
Announcing the benefit under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna, Sawant tweeted that a health worker will be eligible to receive insurance of Rs 50 lakh in case of loss of life on the account of Covid-19-related duties.
Earlier, Covid treatment was restricted to designated hospitals and health centres, but now all government health facilities are part of it.
In April, Goa government had raised the salaries of staff working at Covid-19 facilities by 20% along with providing them a Rs 50 lakh insurance. Sawant had then declared that the hike on the basic would continue till the Covid-19 fight was on.
It covered doctors, nurses, sweepers and security personnel.
With a large proportion of cleaning jobs in government hospitals being outsourced, the government also declared that the private contractors on board would be covered.
A senior official said, the government must broaden the scope to cover other categories of workers who are exposed to infection due to the line of their work such as cops, municipal cleaning staff and waste collectors.
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