National Health Agency in collaboration with Northern Railway was organised a ‘beneficiary identification and awareness drive’ was organised at New Delhi Railway Station, Old Delhi railway station, Anand Vihar railway station and Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station. A single day drive was launched in the presence of member staff.
Among members from more than 1,100 contractual staff, SN Agrawal, director general (Railway Health Services), Dr Pradeep Kumar, assistant general manager, Archana Joshi, chief medical director, Dr Vinay Kumar, divisional railway manager, SC Jain and other officials from Northern Railway, along with Dr Indu Bhushan, CEO, National Health Agency, also attended the event.
Seven railway hospitals have been empanelled for implementation of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna. The union government has launched this programme to provide a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family annually for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation and cashless access to healthcare services at the point of service to eligible individuals.