Total penalty of Rs 29.72 crore levied against errant hospitals, 144 of which have been removed from Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana for fraudulent behaviour.
ABDM will enable the creation of longitudinal health records for individuals and improve clinical decision-making by healthcare providers, an official statement said.
Union Minister Nityanand Rai said the beneficiaries of the scheme can avail cashless healthcare benefits at a chain of 24,000 hospitals across the country.
Odisha hasn’t implemented Modi govt’s Ayushman Bharat, claiming the homegrown Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) is better. ThePrint travelled across the state to find out how it works.
The health minister said two containers, with all facilities available at a hospital, will be kept in Delhi, Chennai & can be airlifted or taken by trains to the place of emergency.
The mission is one of the largest pan-India schemes for strengthening healthcare infrastructure. Modi also inaugurated development projects worth Rs 5,200 crore for his constituency.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said revised version of health benefit packages will let hospitals provide better services to beneficiaries of AB-PMJAY.
Modi announced roll out of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission this week, but registering on CoWin with Aadhaar has created digital health IDs for scores of Indians, seemingly without consent.
The project is being implemented in a pilot phase in 6 union territories. It will enable access and exchange of longitudinal health records of citizens with their consent, said PM Modi.
The health ministry said treatments worth around Rs 25,000 cr have been provided to date through a network of 23,000 public & private hospitals since the launch of the scheme in 2018.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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