The Cabinet of ministers has approved health insurance cover for school children, a statement said.
Budget 2017 proposed to provide a free insurance cover of 200,000 rupees for 4.5 million school children in the age of 5-19 years and allocated 2,700 million rupees for the purpose.
The proposed cover grants compensations as follows:
OPD treatment – Rs. 10.000/=
Hospitalizations – up to Rs. 100,000/=
Sudden death of a pupil – Rs. 100,000/=
Sudden death of a parent- Rs. 75,000/=
Total Disability – Rs. 100,000/=
Partial Disability – Rs. 50,000/= to 100,000/=
The scheme will be implement through the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd. subject to an annual premium of 2,348 million rupee, as recommended by the Cabinet Appointed Procurement Committee.
The proposal was made by the Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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