Over 20 lakh ‘golden cards’ issued under PM health insurance scheme in Jammu region
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“Till date, 20.46 lakh golden cards have been issued. At least one member of 6.68 lakh families has been issued golden card in the Jammu region,” an official mentioned.
The Jammu and Kashmir Health Department until now has issued over 20.24 lakh ‘golden cards’ under the Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY-Sehat scheme in the Jammu division to offer a yearly health insurance cowl of as much as ₹5 lakh, an official mentioned on Monday.
The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan (*20*) Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY), a common health insurance scheme, was launched on December 1, 2018, to offer protection to about 3.17 lakh under poverty line (BPL) households in the Jammu division.
With a view to offer common health protection, the AB-PMJAY-Sehat scheme was conceived and rolled out in the Union Territory in convergence with the AB-PMJAY scheme from December 26 final yr, Financial Commissioner for Health and Medical Education Atal Dulloo mentioned.
“Till date, 20.46 lakh golden cards have been issued. At least one member of 6.68 lakh families has been issued golden card in the Jammu region,” he mentioned.
It supplies health insurance cowl of as much as ₹5 lakh per household per yr on floater foundation to 7.14 lakh extra households of the Jammu division, Mr. Dulloo mentioned.
Thus, about 10.31 lakh households in the division are presently availing advantages under the scheme, he mentioned.
As many as 92 hospitals have been empanelled by the federal government under the scheme, Mr. Dulloo mentioned.
As part of Ayushman Bharat programme, 599 health and wellness centres (HWCs) have been arrange in the Jammu division to offer complete main health care, together with common screening of widespread non- communicable illnesses reminiscent of most cancers and diabetes, he mentioned.
Mr. Dulloo mentioned that about 39,000 sufferers have been offered 108 ambulances companies because the launch of the scheme and these sufferers included 5,498 individuals who have been contaminated with COVID-19.
As 102-108 ambulance companies have been made practical since March 2020, 226 ambulances – 42 Advanced Life Support, 33 Basic Life Support and 151 others – have been networked into it for offering round the clock transportation facility to sufferers requiring quick medical care in the Jammu division, Mr. Dulloo mentioned.
This service has additionally been utilised throughout COVID-19 pandemic interval.
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