- 79 crore PMJAY card holders will get this enhanced benefit
- While the Centre’s PMJAY is popularly known as Ayushman Bharat, MA stands for the state government’s Mukhyamantri Amrutam (MA) scheme, which was merged with the central health scheme
- In the state budget presented in February, state Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai had announced the doubling of insurance cover under PMJAY-MA scheme from Rs 10 lakh from Rs 5 lakh
NE HEALTH BUREAU
GANDHINAGAR, JULY 11
The Gujarat Government on Tuesday fulfilled one more poll promise by launching the revamped Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Mukhyamantri Amrutam (PMJAY-MA) scheme, under which people can avail free medical treatment up to Rs 10 lakh instead of the previous limit of Rs 5 lakh.
આ આરોગ્ય વીમા સહાયનો લાભ મળવાપાત્ર તમામ લાભાર્થીઓને મળે અને આરોગ્યનો આ અધ્યાય અન્ય રાજ્યો માટે પણ આદર્શ અને પ્રેરણારૂપ સાબિત થાય તેવી રાજ્ય સરકારની નેમ છે.
— Rushikesh Patel (मोदी का परिवार) (@irushikeshpatel) July 11, 2023
Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel on Tuesday officially launched the revised health insurance scheme from his office in the presence of health department officials – Additional Chief Secretary of Health Department Manoj Agarwal, Commissioner Shahmina Hussain, Director of NHM Dr. Remya Mohan, a state government release said.
गुजरात में अब आयुष्मान कार्ड -PMJAY की लाभ मर्यादा 5 लाख से बढ़ाकर 10 लाख रुपये कर दी गई है.
सरकार का यह फ़ैसला आज से ही लागू.
इस योजना के तहत 2471 मेडिकल प्रोसीजर की जा सकेगी.
गुजरात में अबतक 1.79 करोड़ आयुष्मान कार्ड जारी किए गये है.
योजना लागू होने से अबतक गुजरात में… pic.twitter.com/X59ES5kNyB
— Janak Dave (@dave_janak) July 11, 2023
Starting Tuesday, beneficiaries of the PMJAY-MA in Gujarat will receive an insurance cover of Rs 10 lakh, which is a two-fold rise from the previous cover of Rs 5 lakh, it stated.
While the Centre’s PMJAY is popularly known as Ayushman Bharat, MA stands for the state government’s Mukhyamantri Amrutam (MA) scheme, which was merged with the central health scheme.
In the state budget presented in February, state Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai had announced the doubling of insurance cover under PMJAY-MA scheme from Rs 10 lakh from Rs 5 lakh. Now, the announcement has been operationalised.
મા યોજના આરોગ્ય વીમા સહાય ગુજરાતમાં નિરામયતાનો નવો યુગ લાવશે !
PMJAY અંતર્ગત રૂ.૧૦ લાખની આરોગ્ય વીમા સહાયનો આજથી વિધિવત પ્રારંભ કરાવ્યો. આ વીમા સહાયથી આયુષ્માન કાર્ડ ધારકોને ટ્રાન્સપ્લાન્ટ, ઈમ્પાન્ટ અને અત્યંત ખર્ચાળ સર્જરીની સારવાર વિનામૂલ્યે ઉપલબ્ધ થશે. pic.twitter.com/llwJF5dMTI
— Rushikesh Patel (मोदी का परिवार) (@irushikeshpatel) July 11, 2023
On the occasion, Patel said people who have Ayushman cards can undergo complex surgeries, treatments and transplants of kidney, heart, liver and even cochlear implants in the limit of Rs 10 lakh.
As per the release, 2,027 state-run hospitals, 803 private and 18 hospitals of the Central government in the state are authorised to provide treatment or perform surgeries under the PMJAY-MA, and 2,471 types of treatments and surgeries are available to card holders in these hospitals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his stint as the chief minister of Gujarat, had launched the MA scheme with an insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh, which was subsequently increased to Rs 3 lakh. In 2018, the the prime minister launched the PMJAY with an insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh, the release said.
