New Delhi-The Govt of India is committed to Universal Health Coverage and through our Ayushman Bharat(Long Live India) Scheme we are well on our way to achieve it by reducing inequalities in access to inpatient care, reducing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures, and improving access and quality of health services in the public and private sectors, said Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare. I am happy to announce that in a short period of time, under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, more than 21,000 Health & Wellness Centres have become operational and in the first year since its launch, about 4.7 million (47 lakh) people have availed of treatments under its Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana pillar which provides health assurance cover to the most needy people of the country said Dr Harsh Vardhan during his interaction with the media at the Foreign Correspondents Club in New Delhi to mark the successful completion of one year of the Ayushman Bharat-PMJAYscheme.
Dr Harsh Vardhan further stated that Ayushman Bharat is the vision of the Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide health care to the poor and vulnerable Indians, who need it the most. The Union Health Minister quoted Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had said that Ayushman Bharat scheme is going to transform the health sector. It will provide top quality healthcare to the poor. He further stated that in designing and implementing this scheme, India has drawn from the experience of other middle-income countries that have undertaken major health financing reforms towards achieving universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goal.
