JP Nadda Announces PM Modi's Plan to Establish Over 17 AIIMS in Every Region
Health Minister Irfan Ansari is scheduled to meet with Union Health Minister JP Nadda in the coming days
New Delhi: Union Health Minister JP Nadda said over 29,000 hospitals, including 12,625 private ones, have been empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana as of June 30.
He highlighted that PM Modi has tried to open over 17 AIIMS in every region of the country with the world's best tertiary healthcare system.
As the Lok Sabha on Friday took up discussion which focused on the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's grants for 2024-25, the opposition criticized the government over rural healthcare facilities and alleged irregularities in the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
Initiating the discussion in the House on the Demand for Grants of the Health Ministry, Congress member Tariq Anwar said the National Health Policy 2017 had set a target to increase spending on healthcare to up to 2.5% of the GDP.
According to a UNI report, he said the government spending on healthcare, however, is on a decline and the number of AIIMS opened in different states was lacking in infrastructure and personnel, forcing patients to come to AIIMS-Delhi.
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