ZPM's health scheme won't benefit people: Mizoram AAP

Aizawl: The Mizoram unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has lamented that the Mizoram Universal Health Care Scheme (MUHCS), launched from April 1 by the current Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) govt, cannot benefit majority of the common people in the state.

In a meeting with state governor Gen VK Singh on Thursday, AAP leaders informed the former that the MUHCS cannot be utilised by a large majority of the poor section of the society and expressed desire that the state govt should pay attention to the sufferings of the people.

They said the common people are in limbo as a large majority of the private and church-run hospitals under the umbrella Non-Govt Hospital Association of Mizoram (NGHAM) have failed to join the cashless healthcare scheme as designed by the state govt. They appealed to the governor to intervene in the matter.

Singh said he takes interest in what the AAP leaders told him and that he will immediately take steps in the matter, a press release issued by the party said.

"While the ZPM had promised to undertake all the schemes after conducting thorough research, the visit of Thailand by health minister and officials to study the healthcare scheme there indicates that the state govt is still unprepared to launch the healthcare scheme," the AAP leaders said.

They accused the ZPM administration, headed by chief minister, of cheating the people by not fulfilling their electoral promises made during the hustings in 2023.