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Why PM Modi Apologised To The Residents Of Delhi And West Bengal - WATCH
A major push in the health sector was unveiled by PM Modi on Tuesday on the occasion of the ninth Ayurveda Day and the birth anniversary of Dhanvantari, the Hindu god of medicine.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi got emotional at an event on Tuesday as he extended his government's flagship health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat to all senior citizens aged 70 years and above. He asserted that senior Indians from the entire country will be able to benefit from the scheme, except for Delhi and West Bengal. He even apologised to the residents of Delhi and West Bengal for the same.
Under the scheme, senior citizens can now receive free treatment up to ?5 lakh at any of the AB PMJAY empanelled hospitals from October 29 onwards. "People aged above 70 will get free treatment in hospitals, they will be given 'Ayushman Vaya Vandana' card," said PM Modi at the launch.
He pointed out that the residents of Delhi and West Bengal won't be able to avail the benefits, alleging that the state governments have not been implementing the scheme due to "political reasons." "Elderly in Delhi, Bengal won't be able to benefit from Ayushman Bharat as their governments are not implementing it for political reasons. I am pained by approach of Delhi and Bengal governments. I apologise to people there who would not be able to benefit from Ayushman Bharat," PM Modi
The major push in the health sector was unveiled by PM Modi on the occasion of the ninth Ayurveda Day and the birth anniversary of Dhanvantari, the Hindu god of medicine.
PM Modi also launched a U-WIN portal that seeks to benefit pregnant women and infants by fully digitising the vaccination process. It will ensure timely administration of life-saving vaccines to pregnant women and children (from birth to 16 years) against 12 vaccine-preventable diseases.
Further, the prime minister launched a portal for allied and healthcare professionals and institutes. It will act as a centralised database of existing healthcare professionals and institutes.
PM Modi also inaugurated three medical colleges at Mandsaur, Neemuch and Seoni in Madhya Pradesh, besides facility and service extensions at various AIIMS -- Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh, Kalyani in West Bengal, Patna in Bihar, Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Guwahati in Assam and in New Delhi, which also include a Jan Aushadhi Kendra.
PM Modi also inaugurated a Super Speciality Block in Government Medical College at Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh and a Critical Care Block in Bargarh, Odisha. Along with this, the prime minister laid the foundation stones of five nursing colleges in Shivpuri, Ratlam, Khandwa, Rajgarh and Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, 21 critical care blocks at Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Manipur, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan under the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission, and several facilities and service extensions at AIIMS in New Delhi and Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur.
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