Noting that the initiative has had a positive impact on several lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the number of people who have benefited from the “Ayushman Bharat” scheme has crossed the one crore-mark.
In September 2018, PM Modi had launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Ayushman Bharat. It has been termed as the biggest Government-sponsored healthcare scheme in the world.
“It would make every Indian proud that the number of Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries has crossed 1 crore. In less than two years, this initiative has had a positive impact on so many lives,” the Prime Minister wrote on Twitter.
He said during his official tours, he would interact
with Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries. “Sadly, that is not possible these days but I did have a great telephone interaction with Pooja Thapa from Meghalaya, the 1 croreth beneficiary,” he said.
The Prime Minister shared the audio clip of the conversation in which Ms Thapa, a soldier’s wife, explains about the surgery she underwent in Shillong using the Ayushman Bharat facility.
Her husband is posted in Manipur and could not be with her due to the coronavirus lockdown. Her two small children are being taken care of by the neighbours.