Over 116,300 poor highlanders enjoy free medicare

08/05/2006 -- 11:24 AM

Kon Tum (VNA) - The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has provided free medical insurance cards, worth more than 5.2 billion VND in total, to more than 116,300 poor people. Kon Tum has also granted free health care cards to children under six, disabled people and people aged over 90. The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs considers all households with average monthly per-capita income of below 260,000 VND in urban areas and below 200,000 VND in rural areas as poor under its new poverty line. At present, almost 29,100 households or 38 percent of Kon Tum province's total population is below the poverty line. The provincial medical sector invested between 5.7-6 billion VND annually to provide free medical care to more than 1 million poor people during the 2003-05 period.-Enditem
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