Ayushman Card will now get Free Treatment in Army and Paramilitary Hospitals

• 26 Apr 2023

Why in News?

On 25 April 2023, Uttarakhand Health Authority Chairman D.K. Kotia said that the central government has listed 21 military and paramilitary hospitals operating in different districts of the state under the Ayushman scheme, under which Ayushman card-holders will now be given military and free treatment facilities will be available in Paramilitary Force hospitals.

Key Points

• It is known that till now the working soldiers, their dependents and ex-servicemen get treatment facilities in these hospitals.
• The central government has included these hospitals in the scheme to provide free treatment facilities to the common people on the Ayushman card.
• 7th Corps ITBP Marathi in Pithoragarh, Unit Hospital 14th Battalion ITBP, Unit Hospital 1st Battalion ITBP in Chamoli, Unit Hospital CTC SSB Sapri, MIC Auli, SSB Hospital Gwaldam, 8th Battalion ITBP Hospital Gauchar, 34th Battalion ITBP Halduchod in Nainital, Group Center CRPF Kathgodam, 34th Battalion ITBP Unit Hospital, ESIC Hospital Rudrapur in Udham Singh Nagar district, Unit Hospital in Pauri, SSB Srinagar, ITBP Hospital in Dehradun have been listed.
• Apart from these, 5th Battalion SSB in Champawat, 36th Battalion ITBP Champawat, ITBP Hospital 35 Corps in Uttarkashi, 12th Battalion ITBP Unit Hospital, BHEL Hospital in Haridwar, 57th Battalion SSB Sitarganj in Udham Singh Nagar, ITBP Academic Hospital Mussoorie in Dehradun, Unit Hospital in Pithoragarh has been listed.
• It is worth mentioning that 50.40 lakh cards have been made under the Ayushman Yojana in the state. There is a facility of free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh on the Ayushman card. So far 7.36 lakh patients have got treatment facilities. In this, the government has spent an amount of 1352 crores.