SOCIAL Security-Khine Metta General Clinic (Taunggyi) for insured workers was launched in Taunggyi Township of Shan State on 21 July, according to the Ministry of Labour.

The clinic will provide healthcare services to 1,482 workplaces and 16,079 workers. The Social Security Board (SSB) of MoL is drafting a strategic plan under the Social Insurance system and providing 15 SSB entitlements of two in surance systems out of six to the employees, who are mainly from the country’s manufacturing sector, using the SSB contributions of employer, employee and government under the 2012 Social Security Law.

Moreover, it also cooperates with the private sector to open clinics for insured workers to grab health services easily. Currently, it operates 26 Capitation Payment contract clinics, 14 Fee for Service Payment contract clinics, 11 clinics for maternity services and two Mobile Medical Units.

There are 40 clinics including Social Security-Khine Metta General Clinic (Taunggyi) under contracts made between SSB and the private sector. The clinics will be expanded near places close to factories, workplaces, workers’ dormitories, and residential areas where most workers live.

— ASH/KTZH

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