Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched the Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana in Haridwar district from Roorkee on Saturday during which golden cards under the yojana were distributed by the CM at Nehru Stadium in Roorkee.
Speaking on the occasion, CM said that though the scheme has been launched to provide healthcare to the BPL families of the country all the 23 lakh families living Uttarakhand would be given the benefit of the Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana. “Every family, no matter what category he or she comes from, would get the health insurance benefits up to Rs 5 lakh. So far, 6 lakh 21 thousand 822 golden cards have been made in the state. So far, 2266 patients have got free treatment under this yojana in the state. One lakh 54 thousand families of Haridwar district have been registered for golden card and this registration process would continue continuously. In Haridwar district, so far 454 patients have been treated free under the Atal Ayushman Yojana. No deadline has been set by the government for this,” CM said.
He further said that to provide easy treatment to every section of the society, the yojana has been made fully cashless and paperless. “A total of 179 hospitals, including AIIMS Rishikesh, have been listed where the patients would be treated. Of these, from across the state, 99 are government and 70 private hospitals,” CM said.
Besides, the CM made a clutch of announcements which include waiving off the surcharge of the farmers of Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar, renovation of Roorkee Municipal Corporation meeting hall.