Ayushman Bharat CEO hopeful of Private hospitals' participation
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Bengaluru: The national health protection scheme would attract the participation of big private hospitals as it offered a business opportunity of serving 40 per cent of the country's population, Ayushman Bharat Chief Executive Officer Indu Bhushan said .
The central scheme, which is to be launched on September 25, would also drive private players to open hospitals in rural areas which were not happening earlier, he said.
Ayushman Bharat scheme, touted as the world's largest healthcare scheme, aims at providing a coverage of Rs five lakh per family annually, benefiting more than 10 crore poor families.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his independence day address, has said his government will launch on September 25 the ambitious scheme which aims at benefiting 50 crore people.
"We are in talks with a few private hospitals to be part of the scheme. A very few have already shown interest... I think the private hospitals will not want to miss the business opportunity of rendering services to 40 per cent of the country's population," Bhushan told PTI.
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