ranchi as state health minister claimed that the government was committed to bringing a smile to each and every doctors face the department seems to be not taking his words seriously as the kin of those healthcare workers who lost their lives serving patients of covid19 await their compensation for around two yearsaccording to state health department records a mere 13 families have received the payment out of total 40 applications the healthcare workers engaged in covid19 management were covered by the central government through an insurance scheme pradhanmantri garib kalyan packagetoi spoke to the family members of those who have lost their lives in line of duty and they said even after they lost one of their family members the state has completely failed in its efforts to compensate them many claimants said they had to run from pillar to post just to get their application forms submitted and now they have been waiting for compensation for more than a yeartalking to toi deeksha jha wife of late dr shekhar dutt jha said my husband succumbed to the virus on august 24 2020 i had to run from one office to another as initially my application was not getting accepted by authorities it was accepted only after a ministers intervention even after that i am yet to receive the compensationson of an anm who did not wish to be named said he has been told that his application is in process for over a year now my mother was attached with a staterun medical college and passed away during her treatment after getting infected on duty he saidadditional chief secretary arun kumar singh in his address at doctors day programme said their department is settling all the claims it has receivednodal officer of claim settlement authority at state national health mission nhm dr cp chaudhary said i have recently joined as the claim settlement office and i am yet to review the files i will make sure beneficiaries do not face any inconvenience