Six patients undergoing treatment under the scheme
Thirty one private hospitals of the state would enter into a formal contract with the state health agency for empanelment in the Ayushman Bharat Yojana (ABY) on September 29.
The chief executive officer (CEO) of state health agency, Yugal Kishore Pant said that the agency has made all preparations for contract signing with these private hospitals.
Terming the development as encouraging, Pant said that the increase in the number of empanelled hospitals would also increase the number of the people to be benefitted from the scheme. Giving information about the private hospitals entering the contract, he said that among the prominent hospitals are Himalayan Hospital Jollygrant, Mahant Indiresh Hospital, Amritsar Eye clinic, S K Memorial, Bharat Heart Institute and Life Line Hospital. He added that apart from them, the agency is entering into a contract with Metro Hospital and Arogya Hospital of Haridwar, Brajlal and Bombay Hospital of Haldwani and Chamuda Hospital of Kashipur.
The state nodal officer for ABY, Dr Saroj Naithani said that six patients have been admitted in different hospitals of the state with the help of Arogya Mitras and their treatment under ABY has started. She informed that beneficiary Lekhraj (30) is undergoing treatment at Vinod Orthopaedic Clinic, Dehradun. Similarly, successful eye surgeries of Wahid (63 ), Jarid (70) and Surja ( 70) have been conducted at Ramakrishna Mission Ashram Naitralaya. She added Saida ( 40) and Pavitra Devi have availed the scheme at Himalayan Hospital Jollygrant and the District Hospital Pauri respectively.