Registering the first claim under Ayushmaan Bharat, Haryana baby girl Karishma embraces healthcare beneficiaries

Chandigarh, September 3: Ayushmaan Bharat has brought a positive layer of shining future of India. With Haryana becoming the first state to provide cashless and paperless healthcare services, the state government on Saturday settled the first claim of Rs 9,000 under the public health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat for a baby girl born in a state-run hospital in Karnal district.

 

Mousami, a resident of Karnal's village Ghisarpuri, has become the first beneficiary under the scheme. She underwent caesarian section and delivered a healthy baby girl on August 17. Mousami gave birth at Karnal's Kalpana Chawala Government Medical College. She is the first person to be treated under the Ayushman Bharat scheme in the state and the claim amount was paid to the treating hospital on August 31.

The state government launched the Ayushman Bharat-Haryana Health Protection Mission on August 15 to provide cashless and paperless healthcare facilities to beneficiaries at impanelled government hospitals.

Ayushman Bharat is the world's largest government healthcare programme. Under the Ayushmaan Bharat scheme, PM Modi has targeted to stress on providing maximum benefit to the poor and marginalized sections of society. Ayushman Bharat Yojana is a program which aims to provide a service to create a healthy, capable and content new India.

It has two goals, one, creating a network of health and wellness infrastructure across the nation to deliver comprehensive primary health care services, and another is to provide insurance cover to at least 40% of India's population which is majorly deprived of secondary and tertiary care services.