Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that a new scheme is being implemented for free treatment of corona patients in the State. Under this, the poor and common people of the state, including even the middle class, will be able to get free treatment of corona in the contracted private hospitals. He said that a special package will be given by the State Government to private hospitals under Ayushman Bharat Yojana for implementation of the scheme. The Government will empanel private hospitals for treatment of Covid. He was taking a meeting of Core Group through video conferencing from his residence on Thursday.

 

The meeting was attended by concerned ministers and officials through video conferencing. He said that under the scheme, tests like CT-scan etc, medicines, Remdesivir injections, oxygen etc. shall be made available free of cost. So far, 2.42 crore cards have been made under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana in the State, under which 88 per cent of the population has been covered. All of them will be able to get free treatment of corona in Government-contracted hospitals. There are currently 328 private hospitals are empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana in which 23,946 beds are available. On May 5, the State Government empanelled 68 private hospitals under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana for the next three months. Collectors will be able to empanelled private hospitals.

 

In order to make free treatment available in private hospitals of each district, collectors have been empowered to temporarily empanel private hospitals of their district under Ayushman Bharat Yojana. With this, Ayushman card holders will get free treatment of corona in all these private hospitals, where corona is currently being treated.