President Droupadi Murmu o♏n Thursday declared that all citizens aged above 70 years will be provided 'free treatment' und💯er the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme.
Murmu while addressing the joint sitting of Parliament also mentioned that 𒆙25,0🐲00 Jan Aushadhi Kendras will be opened in the country soon.
Under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), free health servi﷽ces are being provided to 55 crore beneficiaries, Murmu said🍷.
"Further, the G🐻overnment is going to take yet another decision in this area. Now all the elderly above 70 years of age will also be covered and get the benefit of free treatment under Ayushman Bharat 🅷Yojana," the President said.
Murmu mentioned that India is contributing to global health by promoting AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, ꦇNaturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy).
She highli🉐ghted the recent w𝓀orldwide celebration of the International Day of Yoga.
"The prestige of this great legacy of the country i🔴s continuously rising in the world. By promoting yoga💞 and AYUSH, India is helping create a healthy world,” the President said.
Today, India is emerging as a leader in every sector from IT to Touris🧸m and from Health to Wellness, she sta൲ted.
The AB-PMJAY is the world's largest publicly funded health insurance scheme and aims to offer Rs 5 lakh per year per family for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to 12 cror🔜e families.
The Hospital Empanelment and Management (HEM) guidelines require State He🦩alth Agencies (SHAs) to be responsible for empa෴nelling hospitals under AB-PMJAY.
