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The State authorities volition widen fiscal extortion to patients suffering from Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a uncommon neurological information that often requires costly treatment, Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said connected Wednesday.
GBS patients typically necessitate Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy, considered the astir captious but among the costliest components of treatment. The therapy has present been brought nether the Ayushman Bharat–Arogya Karnataka (AB-PMJAY–CM’s ArK) strategy done a circular issued by the Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust (SAST).
Under the revised package, the strategy volition present screen up to ₹2 lakh per diligent for IVIG therapy. The terms of the cause has been fixed astatine ₹2,000 per gram, with dosage to beryllium calculated based connected diligent weight.
To guarantee transparency and forestall misuse, the authorities has made it mandatory for hospitals to upload details of each attraction session, including photographs of the IVIG vials, batch numbers, diligent identifiers, and a dosage expanse certified by the treating physician.
The payment volition beryllium disposable crossed each authorities hospitals and empanelled backstage hospitals successful the State.
