mumbai the indian medical associations ima maharashtra branch has objected to the state governments rejection of insurance claims made by families of 57 doctors who succumbed to covid while assisting the states battle against the coronavirusthe rs 50lakh insurance scheme was floated by the central government for public sector doctors but when the state government roped in private sector doctors it assured them that it would request the centre to consider them for the scheme toowe compiled a list of 57 members who died due to covid and the state is rejecting their claims citing that they were not in government service said ima state president dr avinash bhodwein aprilmay as the covid crisis worsened the state took over beds in private hospitals and told private doctors that they would be eligible for the insurance schemewhen contacted dr sudhakar shinde of the state health assurance scheme said government service was the centres eligibility criterion however we are in talks with central officials to resolve the issue he saidthe state ima has sought meetings with health minister rajesh tope and chief minister uddhav thackeraythe state ima had met state health minister rajesh tope and dr sudhakar shinde on september 15 and were promised that the issue would be resolved terming the rejection as an insult to covid warriors the state imas letter said that despite repeated reminders in the last four weeks there has been no response from the state government on the other hand the process of rejecting the applications of these martyred doctors continues the letter has further stated