By PTI
BHOPAL: The Ayushman Bharat Yojana, the Centre’s flagship well being scheme, is the primary and solely such full mechanism on the earth that gives cowl of Rs 5 lakh to 80 crore folks, Union Home Minister Amit Shah mentioned on Monday.
Crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this achievement, Shah additionally mentioned the variety of medical schools had gone up from 387 to 596 throughout the nation since 2014.
He was addressing a operate nearly after inaugurating the Shiv Gyan Moti Lal (SGML) Eye Hospital in Ujjain, some 190 kilometres from right here.
“In the whole world, this (Ayushman Bharat Yojana) is the first and only example of providing complete health care coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh to 80 crore people nationwide,” an official launch quoted Shah as saying.
Shah mentioned the variety of medical schools within the nation has elevated from 387 to 596, the variety of MBBS seats has gone up from 51,000 to 89,000 and the variety of PG seats now stands at 60,000, up from 31,000, beneath the Modi authorities.
An enhance of 55 per cent within the variety of medical schools, a one-and-a-half-time rise within the variety of MBBS seats and a doubling of MS and MD seats will immensely strengthen India’s well being infrastructure, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party chief mentioned.
The Union authorities has established 22 new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), which can significantly profit the poor, Shah added.
The 50-bed SGML Eye Hospital, arrange by Shri Swaminarayan Sansthan Vadtal in Ujjain, has been constructed at a value of Rs 15 crore and can remedy numerous forms of illnesses and provides reasonably priced remedy to the poorest of the poor, he mentioned.
Shah hailed MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who additionally attended the operate in on-line mode, for beginning the MBBS course in Hindi within the state, which he mentioned was a primary for the nation and would supply new momentum to Indian languages.
Paying tribute to Gandhiji on his loss of life anniversary, the Union minister mentioned the Mahatma not solely propagated India’s message of non-violence the world over but additionally established it.
BHOPAL: The Ayushman Bharat Yojana, the Centre’s flagship well being scheme, is the primary and solely such full mechanism on the earth that gives cowl of Rs 5 lakh to 80 crore folks, Union Home Minister Amit Shah mentioned on Monday.
Crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this achievement, Shah additionally mentioned the variety of medical schools had gone up from 387 to 596 throughout the nation since 2014.
He was addressing a operate nearly after inaugurating the Shiv Gyan Moti Lal (SGML) Eye Hospital in Ujjain, some 190 kilometres from right here.
“In the whole world, this (Ayushman Bharat Yojana) is the first and only example of providing complete health care coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh to 80 crore people nationwide,” an official launch quoted Shah as saying.
Shah mentioned the variety of medical schools within the nation has elevated from 387 to 596, the variety of MBBS seats has gone up from 51,000 to 89,000 and the variety of PG seats now stands at 60,000, up from 31,000, beneath the Modi authorities.
An enhance of 55 per cent within the variety of medical schools, a one-and-a-half-time rise within the variety of MBBS seats and a doubling of MS and MD seats will immensely strengthen India’s well being infrastructure, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party chief mentioned.
The Union authorities has established 22 new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), which can significantly profit the poor, Shah added.
The 50-bed SGML Eye Hospital, arrange by Shri Swaminarayan Sansthan Vadtal in Ujjain, has been constructed at a value of Rs 15 crore and can remedy numerous forms of illnesses and provides reasonably priced remedy to the poorest of the poor, he mentioned.
Shah hailed MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who additionally attended the operate in on-line mode, for beginning the MBBS course in Hindi within the state, which he mentioned was a primary for the nation and would supply new momentum to Indian languages.
Paying tribute to Gandhiji on his loss of life anniversary, the Union minister mentioned the Mahatma not solely propagated India’s message of non-violence the world over but additionally established it.