Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, launched an extension of the Ayushman Bharat Yojana (ABY) to senior citizens above 70 years across the country, except Delhi and West Bengal, to allow them to avail free hospital treatment up to Rs 5 lakh.
The UP chief minister assured the people who came to the Janata Darshan seeking financial assistance for the treatment of serious diseases that there would be no dearth of funds for their treatment.
The updated version of the ABHA app has a new User Interface (UI) and added functionalities that enable individuals to access their health records anytime and anywhere. Existing ABHA app users can also update their previous app versions to the latest one.
In the past two years, approximately 8.3 lakh hospital admissions have been authorised for the treatment of Covid-19 under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).
Prime Minister underlined that with 130 crore Aadhaar numbers, 118 crore mobile subscribers, about 80 crore Internet users and about 43 crore Jan Dhan bank accounts, there is no such big connected infrastructure anywhere in the world.
We will provide health facility to 100% population here. We won't pick and choose. That isn't needed in Delhi. Both the poor and the rich will receive treatment. It's the responsibility of the Delhi government to provide treatment to all residents of Delhi, said Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain.
