Chandigarh 19 February: Health and Family Welfare Minister,Punjab, Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu on Friday flagged off 22 IEC awareness vansregarding Ayushman Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Sidhu said that under theTandrust Punjab initiative of Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh, Governmentof Punjab is providing health insurance cover of up to Rs. 5 lakhs annually toabout 40 lakh families in the State, which includes BPL families, Smart RashanCard holders, Farmers and Traders etc. These vans will visit the remote areasand villages in all the districts to create awareness about the scheme andE-cards of the eligible beneficiaries will be generated there as well. Themicro-planning for the same and daily reporting of the vans shall be monitored.
Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu said that nearly 60% of families inthe State have got E-cards generated under the ambit of Ayushman Bharat SarbatSehat Bima Yojna. The work of e-card generation has been expedited and thereare about 13000 Common Service Centres, 516 Sewa Kendras and 154 MarketCommittees where these E-cards are being generated. He urged all the eligiblebeneficiaries to reach their nearest E-card generation center to get theirE-cards made under the scheme.
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Health Minister said that till date more than 6.65 lakhpeople have availed the treatment under the scheme at a cost of more than Rs.631 Cr. which includes above 10,000 Heart Surgeries, more than 3800 jointreplacements and more than 10,000 Cancer treatments etc.
On the occasion, Principal Secretary Health Mr. Hussan Lal,Special Secretary Health cum CEO, State Health Agency Mr. Amit Kumar, DirectorHealth Services Dr. G.B. Singh, Political Advisor to Health Minister Mr.Harkesh Chand Sharma, Director National Health Mission Dr. Areet Kaur, OSD Dr.Balwinder Singh and other senior officers of the department were present aswell.