8 private hospitals to offer free services to poor

GURUGRAM: The chief medical officer (CMO) of General Hospital, Civil Lines, has called upon private hospitals to get themselves registered under the Pradhanmantri Jan Arogaya Yojana to provide free medical services to the poor sections to the tune of Rs 5 lakh for each family.
Till date, eight of the 39 private hospitals in the district, who applied, have been registered under the scheme which will be formally launched nationwide by the Prime Minister from Ranchi under the Ayushmaan Bharat Rashtriya Swasthya Suraksha Mission on September 23.On the same day, the chief minister will launch the scheme statewide from Karnal.
Holding a meeting with private hospital representatives on Wednesday, CMO BK Rajora said, “The registration documents of 10 private hospitals have been sent to the state-level committee for approval. We are hoping that more private hospitals will come forward to provide maximum benefits to the poor.”
Under the scheme, 67,698 families in urban and 19,076 in rural areas will be benefitted. The beneficiaries will be given a gold card on September 23 to avail free medical treatment. In Haryana, nearly 12 lakh families will be covered.