Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that State Government is committed to provide free treatment for COVID to all economically weaker families of State. In this sequence, Mukhya Mantri COVID Upchar Yojana has been implemented. Under this scheme, important decisions have also been taken for free COVID treatment of families possessing Ayushman cards.

 

Secretary of Public Health and Family Welfare Akash Tripathi has issued a letter to all Collectors and Chief Medical and Health Officers for information and implementation of scheme. He informed that by increasing the rates of Ayushman package by 40 per cent, it has been brought at par with the rates of private hospitals for treatment at present. In this, maximum limit of special tests like CT scan, MRI etc. which was earlier Rs 5,000 per family per year, it has been revised to treat COVID-19 in the year 2021-22.

 

At present, only 288 hospitals with medicine expertise, out of 579 hospitals identified for COVID treatment are expanelled under Ayushman Yojana in State. Therefore, District Health Committee has been authorised to provide temporary affiliation for three months in Ayushman Bharat Yojana to private hospital registered on Sarthak portal for treatment of COVID-19 at the district-level. Tripathi said that due to said decision, free COVID treatment will be provided to the financially weak families with Ayushman cards, which is also a top priority of the state government. Therefore, it must be ensured that all private hospitals providing COVID treatment in district, which specialise in medicine and are registered on Sarthak portal are provided temporary affiliation for three months soon so that free COVID treatment of Ayushman card holders can be ensured under new package of Ayushman scheme in all those hospitals. This affiliation should not be given to very small hospitals.