Trolled: Assam health minister faces criticism for reveling identity of 'Modicare' beneficiaries
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New Delhi: While all are celebrating the launch of the largest healthcare scheme in the World -Ayushman Bharat –Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), the celebrations took a negative turn for Assam health minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma who drew flak from twitteraties on account of sharing details of the beneficiaries on twitter
Celebrating Ayushman Bharat, the minister took to Twitter to write , "It's heartening to share that within 24 hours of its launch we have given benefits of Ayushman Bharat to 21 needy patients across different hospitals in Assam. Likely rise in numbers from Tuesday." This was accompanied by the list of 21 names of the beneficiaries.
Mr Sharma shared the name and medical issues and hospital and seeking treatment for various ailments by the patient under AB-PMJAY. Reacting to his tweet, people trolled him, alleging that he has violated the right to privacy of the patients availing the treatment under the scheme. Later, the tweet was removed from his page.
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Similar mistakes were made by other government officials as well. According to the
Celebrating Ayushman Bharat, the minister took to Twitter to write , "It's heartening to share that within 24 hours of its launch we have given benefits of Ayushman Bharat to 21 needy patients across different hospitals in Assam. Likely rise in numbers from Tuesday." This was accompanied by the list of 21 names of the beneficiaries.
Mr Sharma shared the name and medical issues and hospital and seeking treatment for various ailments by the patient under AB-PMJAY. Reacting to his tweet, people trolled him, alleging that he has violated the right to privacy of the patients availing the treatment under the scheme. Later, the tweet was removed from his page.
Similar mistakes were made by other government officials as well. According to the
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