Around 4.18 crore hospital admissions worth Rs 48,934.9 crore authorised under Ayushman Bharat Yojana

New Delhi: Approximately 4.18 crore hospital admissions worth Rs 48,934.9 crore have been authorized under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY) through a network of 26,267 empanelled healthcare providers, including 11,700 private hospitals till December 4, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. 

The percentage of hospital admissions authorised in the private sector by count and amount are 57 percent and 67 percent, respectively, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said in a written reply.

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On whether the government was aware that people were not able to avail of benefits under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna AB-PMJAY due to the apathy of private hospitals, Pawar said healthcare providers could not deny treatment to genuine beneficiaries according to the terms and conditions of empanelment.

In case of denial of treatment by the empanelled hospital, beneficiaries can lodge grievances on the designated web portal or mobile application of the Central Grievance Redressal Management System, she said.

Alternatively, beneficiaries can register their grievances on the National Health Authority's National Call Centre through the 24x7 helpline 14555. Such grievances are resolved in an efficient and transparent manner through a publicly accessible IT platform, she added. 

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the Government's free telemedicine service eSanjeevani, a cohesive part of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission had clocked eight crore consultations so far, with Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu among the leading 10 states in terms of maximum usage of the service, said the Health Ministry.

The last one crore consultations were recorded in a remarkable time frame of around five weeks, signalling a wider adoption of telemedicine, the ministry said in a statement.

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