Over 4.6 lakh people benefited under PMJAY so far: Ayushman Bharat CEO Indu Bhushan

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Highlighting the "meaningful engagement" of PMJAY with the private sector, Bhushan said out of the 14,000 empanelled hospitals over 8,000 are private ones.

"We are providing benefits to more than 10,000 beneficiaries every day. Once the scheme is well placed and deeply rooted in the system, this number will go up to 30,000 per day," he said.

In an outreach initiative to create awareness about the scheme, the prime minister has written letters to all the 10 crore intended beneficiaries, out of which five crores have been dispatched so far, Bhushan said.

The Ayushman Bharat Mission CEO said PMJAY will prove to be a giant leap towards universal healthcare in the country because of its scale, demand-side financing focusing on poor people, collective bargaining, and the role of the private sector in it.

So far, more than 10 lakh calls have been received at the toll-free number of the scheme and every day around 10,000 to 30,000 callers seek information about it, Bhushan said, adding the website of the scheme has got three million unique hits since it was launched.