Uttarakhand: Over 6 lakh hospital admissions in 4 years under Ayushman Yojana

Dehradun: The number of hospital admissions by beneficiaries under the Ayushman Yojana in Uttarakhand has crossed the six lakh mark and the state government has so far spent more than Rs 1000 crore on the free medical treatment scheme.

Releasing data on the status of Ayushman Yojana in the state on Thursday, the state health authority claimed it is quite satisfactory.

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More than 48.82 lakh Ayushman cards have been issued in the state and the number of hospital admissions under the free treatment scheme has exceeded six lakh in four years, it said.

The state government has spent Rs 1000 crore on the scheme, it said.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the National Health Authority (NHA) under its flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) is undertaking a pilot for faster OPD registration service at the new OPD block of Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) & Smt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital (SSKH) in New Delhi. This service allows old as well as new patients to simply scan a QR Code and share their demographic details like name, father name, age, gender, address, mobile number etc. with the hospital. This helps to reduce the time taken at the OPD registration counter, provides accurate data in the hospital record and, most importantly, avoid the wait in the long queues. The service is planned to be extended to other health facilities and departments soon. 

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