A four-day training workshop on health insurance, organised by the Government of India in association with the World Health Organisation, commenced at the State Institute of Health and Family Welfare here .

Managing director of the Punjab Health Systems Corporation (PHSC) T.R. Sarangal delivered the keynote address.

Dr Y.C. Markan, director, State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, and Dr Arjun Singh Gill, joint director, PHSC, were coordinating the programme.

Delegates from eight states were participating in the programme, at which training would be given by expert faculty members.

Sarangal said the basic concept behind this training programme was to support the states in their initiatives regarding health insurance.

Another aim was to orientate officials who were at the decision-making and managerial levels so that they could initiate, implement and monitor health insurance programme.

He added that he was confident that at the end of the course, the participants would have both knowledge and skills to manage health insurance programme.