Radiological tests, surgery health schemes saw max spending in last two years: Delhi govt

Launching the expanded Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) to screen everyone aged 70 years and supra Tuesday, PM Modi had said helium fulfilled his “guarantee” connected the juncture of Dhanvantri Jayanti. With Delhi and West Bengal inactive remaining extracurricular the wellness sum scheme, the PM apologised to older radical successful these 2 states for being incapable to assistance them.

Reacting to this, Aam Aadmi Party main and erstwhile Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, successful a station connected X, argued that Delhi’s exemplary offers broad escaped healthcare for each — irrespective of attraction costs — dissimilar the Ayushman Bharat scheme, which, helium said, has restrictive criteria and is inadequately implemented. He besides said the strategy was “riddled with scams arsenic per CAG reports”.

Constituted successful 2011, DAK has 5 components/ schemes — Financial Assistance to EWS Patients; Free High-End Radiological Diagnostic Test Scheme, Cashless Specified Surgeries Scheme, RTA (Road Traffic Accident) Scheme (Farishtey Scheme), and Cashless Dialysis Scheme.

Under the Farishtey Scheme, cashless attraction is provided to medico-legal victims of roadworthy accidents and victims of acerb attacks and thermal pain injuries erstwhile the incidental takes spot wrong the jurisdiction of Delhi.

Patients with an yearly household income of up to Rs 3 lakh are eligible for the fiscal assistance successful authorities hospitals scheme. It is lone for residents of Delhi who person been surviving successful the metropolis for 3 years earlier the day of submission of application.

DAK is simply a registered nine that provides fiscal assistance to the grade of Rs 5 lakh to eligible patients successful request of attraction for immoderate unwellness oregon illness successful a infirmary tally by the Delhi oregon cardinal government, section bodies, oregon an autonomous infirmary nether the authorities government. Following treatment, registered nursing homes/private hospitals question reimbursement of costs incurred during the attraction of specified victims done DAK.

Delhi BJP MPs, meanwhile, person filed a writ petition successful the High Court against the non-adoption of the Ayushman Bharat strategy successful Delhi, authorities president Virendra Sachdeva said Wednesday.

L-G V K Saxena connected the different hand, took to X, alleging the strategy has not been implemented arsenic Kejriwal wanted AAP’s sanction to beryllium associated with it: “In June 2018, the Health Department of your authorities had recommended implementing this strategy successful nationalist involvement successful presumption of its benefits and the past Health Minister had fixed support to instrumentality Ayushman Bharat Scheme successful Delhi. After that, successful August 2018, your authorities talked astir naming the Ayushman Bharat strategy arsenic ‘Chief Minister Aam Aadmi Health Insurance Scheme Ayushman Bharat’…”

“On 1 juncture aft another, the record regarding implementation of the strategy kept going to your ministers and each clip it was sent backmost with unnecessary and unfounded queries,” helium added.