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Jana Arogya Yojana: Over 4,000 patients benefit from CM's health scheme in Tripura

Updated on: 26 May,2024 06:14 PM IST  |  Agartala
mid-day online correspondent |

The number of families missing from the PM-JAY beneficiary list stands at 4,15,000.

Jana Arogya Yojana: Over 4,000 patients benefit from CM's health scheme in Tripura

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More than four thousand people have benefited from Tripura Chief Minister’s health scheme under the Chief Minister’s 'Jana Arogya Yojana scheme' which was launched in February this year, the ANI reported.


The scheme was launched along the lines of the Pradhan Mantri Jana Arogya Yojana with an aim to cover families under the universal health insurance scheme left out of the PM-JAY.


The scheme was launched at Netaji Subhas Vidyaniketan, where Saha expressed that this initiative is a gift from the double engine government to the people of Tripura.


Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, who also holds the health portfolio, decided to roll out this scheme to ensure people suffering from critical illnesses can avail of free treatment.

A total of 167 hospitals have been empaneled where beneficiaries can get treatment without spending a single rupee. After the scheme was launched on February 15, 2024, health cover worth Rs 5 lakh for all families in the state was assured, as per the ANI.

The scheme has helped a lot of families with medical treatment.

As per the data shared by the National Health Mission Tripura Chapter, the implementing agency of the scheme, since its inception a total of 4,062 individual patients have availed cashless treatment in the hospitals of the scheme, with the total treatment cost standing at Rs 5,05,22,633.

Additionally, CMJAY cards have been issued to 3,98,975 individual members of 1,79,350 families.

The process of issuing cards to eligible families is still underway.

Officials of the National Health Mission said the scheme was launched in such a way that people started benefiting from the third week of February.  

People were happy to receive free medical aid from the government.

"Ayushman Mitras in hospitals have been instructed to visit each bed and collect patient data. If the patient is not eligible for PM-JAY, their name gets automatically enrolled in CM-JAY. Special camps have also been conducted in almost all Gram Panchayats, Village Councils, and ward offices so that people can access the cards," said an official, the news agency reported.

(with ANI inputs)

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