NEW DELHI: Soon patients who provide Aadhaar card at AIIMS will have their registration charges waived, but without it they will have to pay Rs 100 which is ten times the current fee.
Expected to be enforced from January, the move aims at encouraging digital transactions and streamlining patients’ database which otherwise is getting cluttered as many patients misplace documents and OPD cards, Dr Deepak Agrawal, chairman, computerisation, AIIMS, said.
At present, a patient has to pay Rs 10 for registration following which an Unique Health Identification (UHID) number is assigned to him/her.
“What happens now is that multiple UHID gets created for a single patient as he misplaces documents and outdoor cards thus cluttering the data,” Dr Agrawal said.
“Most likely from next month, registration will become free for patients who provide their Aadhaar number. Those who cannot provide Aadhaar card they will have to pay of Rs 100 for registration,” he said.
However, those who cannot pay the hiked registration fee can get it exempted by approaching medical social workers.
AIIMS has already written to the Union Health Ministry requesting it to issue a notification that would mandate linking of Aadhaar number with UHID number. (AGENCIES)
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