Lucknow: Expansion of Ayushman Bharat Scheme in Uttar Pradesh

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is significantly advancing the reach of the Central government’s Ayushman Bharat scheme, ensuring that a vast number of residents receive healthcare benefits and that patients with serious illnesses are treated by specialist doctors in leading corporate hospitals.

The Yogi Adityanath government has made more than five crore Ayushman cards -- the highest in the country -- and more than Rs 2,500 crore have been spent so far on the treatment of more than 6 lakh patients with serious illnesses. Not only this, Ayushman card holders from other states are also taking advantage of the better health services of the state, news agency IANS reported.

Principal Secretary, Medical, Health and Family Welfare, Partha Sarathi Sen Sharma says that on the directions of Chief Minister Adityanath, Ayushman cards are being made on a war footing to provide the benefits of the scheme to the maximum number of people. As a result of this, there are 5,11,72,647 Ayushman cardholders in the state.

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These cardholders have access to treatment across 5,669 hospitals in the state, including 2,948 government hospitals and 2,721 private facilities.

Not only this, but the cardholders are also getting treatment in big corporate hospitals such as:

• Apollo
• Medanta
• Yashoda
• Regency
• Tender Palm

According to the Principal Secretary, so far Rs 7,040 crore has been spent on the treatment of 45,19,375 patients under the scheme in the state.

According to the IANS report, he said that Uttar Pradesh has been the number one state in the country for the last several years in terms of making cards, while Madhya Pradesh is in second place, where 4.03 crore cards have been made. Bihar is in the third position with 3.26 crore cardholders.

More than one lakh card holders from other states have so far received treatment in Uttar Pradesh.

CEO of the State Agency For Comprehensive Health and Integrated Services (SACHIS) Sangeeta Singh said that even the most serious diseases of Ayushman card holders are being treated easily in the state.

She said that till now 6,98,831 patients have been provided treatment under tertiary care with Rs 2,557 crore. In this, 66,513 heart patients were treated and Rs 684 crore was spent on their treatment.

"At the same time, 1,79,141 patients from other states took advantage of the better health services of the state. Rs 491 crore was spent on their treatment, while 3,05,264 state resident patients living outside the state got treatment in other states and Rs 821 crore were spent on their treatment," she added.

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