Patients to get Rs 500,000 for overseas treatment

In a boost to the health sector, the minister of Finance and Economic Development Xavier Luc Duval more than doubled the maximum grant under the Overseas Treatment Scheme from Rs 200,000 to Rs 500,000 for patients who need to go overseas for treatment but cannot meet costs. Commenting on this measure, the minister of Health [...]

05 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily