Private hospitals in Jharkhand threaten to cease remedy below Ayushman Bharat Health Scheme

Express News Service

RANCHI: More than 550 empanelled personal nursing houses/hospitals in Jharkhand have threatened to cease remedy of sufferers below the Ayushman Bharat Health Scheme as a result of long-pending payments by the well being division. According to hospital house owners, they don’t seem to be in a position to pay salaries to their employees and buy consumables as a result of lack of funds as over Rs 100 crore is due from the state authorities.

Noting that greater than 3 lakh sufferers are handled in personal hospitals yearly below the scheme, President of the Ranchi chapter of the Indian Medical Association Dr Shambhu Prasad Singh stated, “This is an ultimatum to the state government that if they fail to pay the long pending dues of private hospitals, they will have no option but to stop treatment of patients coming to them under Ayushman Bharat Health Scheme. Most of the hospitals operating in Jharkhand have not been paid a single penny since September last year, while in some cases, only partial payment has been done.” He additionally demanded regularisation of the funds like earlier when it was achieved inside a fortnight of the approval given for it, he added. Singh additional added that if their calls for should not met, they are going to take a remaining choice on April 23.

According to Singh, Rs 6.5 crore is due from the state authorities to a single hospital, which needed to get a mortgage of Rs 1 crore to satisfy its bills. Many hospitals in Dhanbad, Godda, Giridih and Garhwa have already stopped treating sufferers below Ayushman Bharat Health Scheme, he stated. Private hospital operators claimed that as per the MoU signed with the state authorities, there’s a provision of paying curiosity on the dues, which can put an additional burden on the state exchequer.

Officials within the state authorities then again stated that being a flagship programme of the central authorities, it couldn’t be interrupted hastily. They that funds below the scheme are being launched step by step and personal hospitals will get their dues very quickly.