The Uttarakhand government has awarded All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh with ‘Ayushman Samman’ for its valuable contribution in treating patients under Ayushman Bharat Yojana. The hospital has so far treated 51,120 patients free of cost under the scheme. Since the inception of the scheme, 10,900 Ayushman cards have been made in AIIMS.
The hospital administration claims that apart from Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, patients of many states have been treated in the hospital under the scheme.
Expressing happiness on the achievement the director of the institute, Dr Arvind Rajwanshi said that the purpose of this Ayushman scheme is to provide free treatment to the poor and needy people. He said the scheme would be more successful in the future for free treatment of poor people.
