Explanation:

The patients covered under Rajasthan Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Scheme will now be eligible for getting cottage and private rooms at government as well as private hospitals after major surgery.

The government has added this benefit after considering the demand for isolation facilities under the scheme for patients.

Under the existing arrangement, these patients are admitted to general wards of hospitals covered under the scheme even after major surgery. It increases the risk of infection, but they will be eligible to recuperate in isolation and the disinfected private rooms and cottage rooms.

According to medical and health department officials, this facility will now be available at all government and private hospitals covered under the scheme. the rooms would be available at a discounted rate determined by the Rajasthan Medical Relief Society (RMRS).