Single-window system to extend facilities to AIDS patients

March 25, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:36 am IST - MANGALURU:

The district will get a single-window system to extend various government facilities to those affected by AIDS. The Aids Prevention and Control Unit to be set up at the district hospital will act as the single window agency, said Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim.

He was chairing a meeting on AIDS prevention here on Monday. The unit is being set up as per the directions from the Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society to make the required documents available to those suffering from AIDS to help them get various government benefits.

Mr. Ibrahim said those suffering from the disease may directly approach the unit or NGOs concerned to avail government schemes.

The government aims to bring those affected by AIDS to to the mainstream of society as they hesitate from availing social security schemes. The government is providing financial help to the children, aged below 18 years, of those affected. Also, the government is reimbursing the travel cost for patients who visit ART centres for treatment.

District AIDS Control Officer M. Kishore Kumar said that 7,549 people had been identified as HIV positive since 2007 in the district. Some facilities have been provided to them, including housing, self-employment scheme and Antyodaya ration card.

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