Since its launch on September 23, Rs 190 crore has been reimbursed
About 1.5 lakh people have benefitted from the ambitious Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana healthcare scheme in the first month of its launch, health minister J P Nadda said on Tuesday. The total reimbursements made under the scheme so far is Rs 190 crore.
Nadda was speaking after jointly inaugurating with Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal the fifth national summit on good, replicable practices and innovations in public health care systems at Kaziranga. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on September 23 launched the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), touted as the world’s largest healthcare scheme, in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
The award for highest annual decline in neonatal mortality rate in 2016 among states was given to Himachal Pradesh (-15.8 per cent) followed by Tamil Nadu (-14.3 per cent) and Delhi (-14.3 per cent)
The insurance scheme provides an annual health cover of Rs 5 lakh per family for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation.
In his speech, Nadda said, “Health is a sensitive subject. The schemes have to be implemented swiftly so that every citizen in the country is covered. We have to be very careful so far as the skill is concerned and we have to see how skill can be improved in healthcare.”
He appealed to all to follow the principle of the prime minister for bringing about innovation.
“First is to perform, reform and transform to bring about systemic changes which can be replicated as best practices and the second thing that the Prime Minister speaks about is speed, scale and skill”, he said.
Sonowal said Ayushman Bharat launched under the leadership of the prime minister will go a long way in ensuring that poor people do not have to bother any longer for the cost of healthcare facilities. The Union Health ministry also gave away awards to the states for best performances.
The award for highest annual decline in neonatal mortality rate in 2016 among states was given to Himachal Pradesh (-15.8 per cent) followed by Tamil Nadu (-14.3 per cent) and Delhi (-14.3 per cent). The award for highest annual decline in infant mortality rate was given to Kerala (-16.7 per cent) followed by Mizoram (-15.6 per cent) and Karnataka (-14.3 per cent).
The award for highest annual decline in under 5 mortality was given to Himachal Pradesh (-18.2 per cent) while Assam came second with (-16.1 per cent) and Jharkhand, Gujarat as well Kerela at the third position with (-15.4 per cent). For best performance in family planning, awards were given to West Bengal, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan.
