Ayushman Bhav Campaign: Delhi AIIMS to deploy Ayushman Mitras, monthly training sessions soon

New Delhi: To promote the Ayushman Bhav campaign launched by the central government, the premiere health institution, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi has decided to deploy Ayushman Mitras at patient admission counters and provide monthly training and sensitisation sessions to faculty members and residents.

An office memorandum issued by the Director of AIIMS, Dr M Srinivas stated that the institute has decided to promote Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) as part of 'Ayushman Bhav' Campaign of Government of India.  

The central government has launched the 'Ayushman Bhav' Campaign with an aim to provide saturation coverage of healthcare services, reaching every village and town in the country. As a part of this campaign, the institute has decided to ensure identification and facilitation of all AB-PMJAY beneficiaries visiting the OPDs of AIIMS New Delhi or getting admitted to the inpatient wards herein and to actively promote all the components of the campaign.    

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The institute will also deploy ‘Ayushman Mitras’ at patient admission counters to tabulate relevant details of all patients admitted in general wards to proactively confirm their AB-PMJAY coverage status.  

“To avoid any delay in the registration process, the ‘Ayushman Mitras’s will subsequently visit the admitted patients in their respective wards to inform them of their AB-PMJAY beneficiary status if they were unaware and assist them in taking the benefit of the scheme,” read the circular. 

Monthly training and sensitisation sessions will be also organized for faculty and residents to increase awareness on AB-PMJAY, ABHA ID, etc. 

ABHA ID will be promoted as the single unique identifier, and ABHA IDs will be proactively generated for all patients visiting AIIMS.

“A short educational video regarding the AB-PMJAY including its process flow at AIIMS New Delhi shall be played in all outpatient and inpatient areas. Educational posters displaying the benefits of the Ayushman Bharat Scheme shall be displayed across AIIMS.

Main Hospital Blood Bank, CN Center Blood Bank, JPNATC Trauma Center Blood Bank & NCI Jhajjar Blood Bank shall conduct monthly in-house/outreach blood donation camps and promote voluntary blood donation. Awareness activities for organ donation shall be conducted in an augmented manner in all clinical care areas, waiting rooms, so as to have more people pledging for organ donation,” mentioned the circular. 

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