Over 5.6 crore hospital admissions value Rs. 69,000 crore beneath PM-JAY scheme: Mandaviya

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: Over 5.6 crore hospital admission value over Rs. 69,000 crore has been made beneath the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), the federal government’s formidable flagship medical insurance scheme, mentioned Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday.

Speaking on the valedictory session of Arogya Manthan 2023, which celebrated the completion of 5 years of Ayushman Bharat PMJAY and two years of Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission (ABDM), Mandaviya mentioned that many of those hospital admissions had been availed for life-threatening illnesses, whose complete price of remedy would have been 1.5-2 instances larger if the beneficiaries would have availed the identical remedy on their very own outdoors the ambit of the scheme. 

“When PM-JAY was launched, health was not on the top of the agenda for many. But today, we have come a long way in our journey, crossing the milestone of over 5.6 crore hospital admissions worth over Rs. 69,000 crore. We can see the transformational value of AB PM-JAY,” he mentioned.

Mandaviya emphasised the importance of the Ayushman Bharat-PM-JAY initiative, which has been touted because the world’s most in depth government-funded healthcare program, concentrating on greater than 50 crore beneficiaries, in placing ladies on the entrance and middle of the nationwide dialog on well being. Under the scheme, well being cowl of Rs. 5 lakh per household per yr is given, which is completely cashless and paperless.

“Females account for approximately 49% of Ayushman card recipients, verified under the PM-JAY IT platform. Women have availed more than 48% of authorized hospital admissions while over 141 medical procedures under PM-JAY are exclusively earmarked for women,” he mentioned.

At the event, he additionally felicitated five-year-old Karishma, the primary beneficiary of the scheme within the nation and who’s as previous because the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.

He additionally awarded top-performing states and Union Territories in numerous classes.  The award for highest Ayushman Card creation was given to Assam, Nagaland, and Jammu and Kashmir. 

Karnataka and Tripura have been awarded for the very best share of utilisation in public hospitals of the scheme.

For ABDM, Andhra Pradesh was awarded as the highest state in linking well being data with ABHA, whereas Uttar Pradesh emerged because the main state within the technology of ABHA scan and share tokens. 

He additionally mentioned that greater than 45 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA) have been generated within the final two years. 

“These ABHA accounts have been linked to over 30 crore health records. The scheme attempts to improve healthcare delivery by harnessing digital technologies,” he mentioned. 

Mandaviya additionally highlighted the launch of two new initiatives, Aapke Dwar Ayushman (ADA 3.0) launched by NHA and the Ayushman Bhav marketing campaign. President Droupadi Murmu launched the Ayushman Bhav initiative on September 13. 

 The two initiatives are designed to provide an additional push to rising well being protection within the nation, he added.

NEW DELHI: Over 5.6 crore hospital admission value over Rs. 69,000 crore has been made beneath the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), the federal government’s formidable flagship medical insurance scheme, mentioned Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday.

Speaking on the valedictory session of Arogya Manthan 2023, which celebrated the completion of 5 years of Ayushman Bharat PMJAY and two years of Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission (ABDM), Mandaviya mentioned that many of those hospital admissions had been availed for life-threatening illnesses, whose complete price of remedy would have been 1.5-2 instances larger if the beneficiaries would have availed the identical remedy on their very own outdoors the ambit of the scheme. 

“When PM-JAY was launched, health was not on the top of the agenda for many. But today, we have come a long way in our journey, crossing the milestone of over 5.6 crore hospital admissions worth over Rs. 69,000 crore. We can see the transformational value of AB PM-JAY,” he mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Mandaviya emphasised the importance of the Ayushman Bharat-PM-JAY initiative, which has been touted because the world’s most in depth government-funded healthcare program, concentrating on greater than 50 crore beneficiaries, in placing ladies on the entrance and middle of the nationwide dialog on well being. Under the scheme, well being cowl of Rs. 5 lakh per household per yr is given, which is completely cashless and paperless.

“Females account for approximately 49% of Ayushman card recipients, verified under the PM-JAY IT platform. Women have availed more than 48% of authorized hospital admissions while over 141 medical procedures under PM-JAY are exclusively earmarked for women,” he mentioned.

At the event, he additionally felicitated five-year-old Karishma, the primary beneficiary of the scheme within the nation and who’s as previous because the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.

He additionally awarded top-performing states and Union Territories in numerous classes.  The award for highest Ayushman Card creation was given to Assam, Nagaland, and Jammu and Kashmir. 

Karnataka and Tripura have been awarded for the very best share of utilisation in public hospitals of the scheme.

For ABDM, Andhra Pradesh was awarded as the highest state in linking well being data with ABHA, whereas Uttar Pradesh emerged because the main state within the technology of ABHA scan and share tokens. 

He additionally mentioned that greater than 45 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA) have been generated within the final two years. 

“These ABHA accounts have been linked to over 30 crore health records. The scheme attempts to improve healthcare delivery by harnessing digital technologies,” he mentioned. 

Mandaviya additionally highlighted the launch of two new initiatives, Aapke Dwar Ayushman (ADA 3.0) launched by NHA and the Ayushman Bhav marketing campaign. President Droupadi Murmu launched the Ayushman Bhav initiative on September 13. 

 The two initiatives are designed to provide an additional push to rising well being protection within the nation, he added.