Chief minister Mamata Banerjee stood in a queue with some of her neighbours to collect her Swasthya Sathi card on Tuesday morning. The card was given to her at a camp organised at Jai Hind Bhavan, a community hall at the crossing of Kalighat Road and Harish Mukherjee Road. “Here is my Swastha Sathi card,” Mamata said while flashing the card after stepping out of the hall.

Swastha Sathi is a cashless health insurance scheme offered by the state government. It provides secondary and tertiary health-care coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh a year to each family and the premium is paid by the government. The chief minister had said in November that all residents of the state would be eligible for inclusion under the scheme. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) is the nodal agency to distribute Swasthya Sathi forms and cards in the city. It has conducted two rounds of Duare Sarkar camps in each of the 144 wards, where the Swasthya Sathi forms and cards were distributed

“A third round is under way and a final round will be held later. The last date for submission of the form is January 25,” said a CMC official.