PWF awards ₹ 2.8 lakh as medical assistance to 6 scribes
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 21 2022:
Completing its fifth year in existence and four in the service of the journalists, Paomee Welfare Foundation (PWF) on Saturday disbursed a total of Rs 2,80,000 as assistance under the Medical Financial Assistance (MFA) Phase II for the 2021-22, an annual scheme, offered in two phases interspersed by six months.
The PWF has also invited application for MFA (first phase) for the year 2022-23 for treatment expenditure incurred between April 1, 2022 to September 31, 2022, the disbursement for which will be done in Oct-Nov 2022 .
The PWF team led by its chairperson Wangkhemcha Shamjai, senior trustees Aribam Balkrishna Sharma and Sunzu Bachaspatimayum handed over the financial assistance to the six beneficiaries of MFA 2021-22 at a simple distribution function held at Manipur Press Club.
Altogether, six applications were received, seeking assistance under the MFA scheme (second phase) for 2021-22.Subsequently, the applications were all forwarded to the PWF Medical Board, consist ing doctors from RIMS, JNIMS and Shija Hospitals.
After the Medical Board deliberated and gave its recommendations, the Board of Trustees in a meeting held on May 20 and chaired by Shamjai approved recommendation of the Medical Board in totality.
Khumukcham Rajen Singh of Sanaleipak daily, who is undergoing chemotherapy for his cancer treatment, received maximum assistance of Rs 90,000 while Sinam Pinky Devi of Pandam was awarded the second highest assistance of Rs 70,000 for her mother's kidney stone case.
While Paonam Robert Singh of Poknapham was awarded Rs 40,000 as assistance for his son's genetic ailment, Babie Shirin of Imphal Free Press was given Rs 35,000 as assistance for her gallbladder stone case.
Loushigam James Singh of Paonilkhol received Rs 30,000 as assistance for treatment of his mother's fracture treatment and Ningombam Noren Meitei, a former member of AMWJU, was given Rs 15,000 for his chronic liver treatment expenses.
Paomee Welfare Foundation was set up in 2017 to independently managed AMWJU's corpus funds of over Rs 85 lakh, raised by way of a mega lottery organised in 2017 .
The Foundation offers one-time medical financial assistance to its retired and present members.
Present members may also nominate one of their immediate family members as beneficiary.
PWF funds its medical assistance scheme out of the interest generated from the corpus fund kept as fixed deposit in the State Bank of India.