Representational photo: A couple with their child, Bihar.

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Bihar Rolls Scheme To Offer Free Treatment To Heart Defect In Newborns

Chairing a cabinet meeting on January 5, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar announced to provide financial assistance to the infants having congenital heart defect, primarily Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). Under the Aatmanirbhar Bihar programme, the scheme will pe implemented as the part of government’s manifesto – Nischaya. The government will bear the cost of recovery, the rare heart hole defect (3 in 1000 newborns) which costs nearly Rs 1-1.5 lakhs in the… read-more

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 - 11:25 AM / by Harsh Vardhan

Tags: Atrial Septal Defect, Nitish Kumar, Aatmanirbhar Bihar Programme, Health, Nischaya

Courtesy: Hindustan Times