Zigong City, Sichuan Province, to help poor patients

Recently, from Sichuan Province, Zigong City Health and Family Planning Commission held the city's health poverty alleviation "three batch" action implementation of the press briefing was informed that the implementation of health poverty alleviation "three batch" action, the city's major disease treatment a total of 18,132 people. A total of 12,257 patients contracted for chronic diseases in poverty, the cost of outpatient maintenance and medical treatment in poor and chronically ill patients was controlled at 7.87 percent, and the proportion of individual payments for inpatient treatment and medical expenses in poor patients in county areas was controlled at 7.2 percent.
7 years ago, Zhong Yuanhong of Yanwan Village, Fushun County, Zigong City, suffered from chronic renal failure, and was treated in Chengdu and Fushun, where she paid 20,000 yuan a year for medical expenses after being reimbursed for low insurance, and for many years, her family was in debt and poor because of illness. Fortunately, last year Zhong Yuanhong was included in the file card poor patients, enjoy the treatment policy of major diseases, the annual hospitalization costs of more than 60,000 yuan ultimately only need to pay more than 4000 yuan. "The rate of reimbursement for major illness treatment policies is over 92 per cent, which gives me hope for life again."
Since 2017, the Health and Family Planning Commission of Zigong City has focused on health and poverty alleviation, mainly in four areas: comprehensive mapping, accurate identification, not to let a poor people fall, to achieve full coverage of poverty management; Relieve the pain, realize the concentrated treatment of a batch of major diseases, team contract, agreement service, poverty and chronic diseases get effective control, realize the slow disease contract service management batch, policy tilt, fund guarantee, poverty and serious illness patients cost burden reduction, to achieve a serious illness to protect a batch. According to statistics, the city's 33,042 poor and sick people, the cumulative treatment of major diseases 18,132 people, including special (12 diseases) treatment of 835 people, medical expenses of 12.4597 million yuan, personal payment accounted for 12.31%. A total of 12,257 patients with chronic diseases were contracted for poverty and 49,434 health check-ups. At the same time, there were 6,741 poor and seriously ill patients, and the Health Poverty Relief Fund provided a total of 68,247 rescues and 12,971,800 yuan. (Health News)