Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 8: Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT scheme will cover five lakh women and their families who are associated with self help groups of Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihood Mission (JKRLM) to pace up 100% saturation in J&K.
AB-PMJAY SEHAT Scheme is emerging as a ray of hope for poor families who couldn’t afford health treatment at prestigious and well known medical institutes of the country.
Chief Executive Officer Ayushman Bharat, Ayushi Sudan emphasized the need for IEC activities and directed the concerned to create mass awareness among the people so that more and more people get registered for SEHAT scheme.
She urged the officers to ensure that no one is left without golden card during the special drives so that they are entitled to the benefits of Golden Card. Ayushi Sudan also said that the Department will continue to organize special drives till every citizen is covered under this scheme.
Speaking about the roping in of JKRLM, she said that these workers have set out for entrepreneurship journey and the health of their families needs to be taken care of under the scheme.
To provide much needed relief to the people of J&K, the SEHAT Scheme was launched in convergence with AB-PMJAY by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The scheme provides health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year to all the residents of J&K at empanelled hospitals. The scheme covers up to three days of pre-hospitalization and fifteen days of post-hospitalization expenses including diagnostics and medicines.
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