KMCC reaches out to Indians with medical drive

Kerala Muslim Cultural Center (KMCC), Dubai chapter has announced major welfare programmes targeting its member’s health, education and socio-economic living conditions here and back home. KMCC, the overseas wing of the Indian Union Muslim League, has about 5,0000 members in the UAE and it has announced continuation of a major medical insurance scheme, My Health, to provide medical insurance to the members. P K Anwar Naha, General Secretary, KMCC Dubai said the 2012-13 plan of the association includes a health insurance package that will benefit the members who may find it difficult to meet the treatment expenses for some major ailments.

 Anwar said: “According to My Health Scheme, members would get up to Dh 50000 medical insurance coverage in the UAE and in India. In the first phase of the programme, at least 2000 KMCC members would get benefit of the scheme.  This is in addition to the routine free medical camps and medicine supplies at the KMCC head office in Dubai that benefic patients from all communities, irrespective of their religion. “My Doctor, a healthcare scheme carried out by the KMCC will conduct free medical camps in association with medical groups and doctors. And any patients diagnosed with serious ailments will get financial and moral support for further treatment,” Anwar added. In the first year itself, about 2500 patients would get benefit from My Doctor scheme, the newly elected KMCC Dubai President said. He added that an insurance protection of Indian Rupees 500000 for the family members of a deceased KMCC member would be extended to more members of the association and a major awareness campaign is scheduled to popularize the scheme.

“My School, is another welfare measure being planned by the KMCC for the year 2012-13. My School scheme will help financially poor Indian students in the UAE to give tuition fees, text books and other study materials. In the first phase, five Indian schools have been short listed to sponsor poor students,” said Ibrahim Murichandi, General Secretary, Dubai KMCC. Every Ramadan, the association conducts charity programmes in the UAE and back home in Kerala. “This year, we have charted out welfare measures worth Indian Rupees 20 million and the beneficiaries will be economically weaker sections from the coastal regions and backward regions of the state. The association will also intensify a campaign to add 25000 members to the association. KMCC has about 50,000 members in the UAE, and it is one of the largest Indian expatriate associations recognized by the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs and is associated with the Indian Community Welfare Fund activities.

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