HEALTHCARE FOR ALL
PM lays foundation stone for AIIMS Madurai, 3 super-specialty hosps
Central Govt Committed To Eliminate TB By 2025
Padmini.Sivarajah@timesgroup.com 28.01.2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Madurai on Sunday. He said that AIIMS had cultivated a brand name for healthcare. With setting up AIIMS in Madurai at a cost of more than ₹1,200 crore, the brand would reach out to all corners of the country, from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and Madurai to Guwahati to Gujarat, he said.
After laying the foundation stone, the Prime Minister also inaugurated, via video conference, three super-specialty hospitals in Madurai, Tirunelveli and Thanjavur, which have been established at a cost of ₹150 crore each. The NDA government was giving priority to the health sector to ensure affordable healthcare to all. Medical colleges and undergraduate seats in medical colleges have been increased by 30% in the last four-and-a-half years. “The speed and scale of Mission Indhradhanush is setting a new paradigm in preventive healthcare,’’ he said.
Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan are making safe pregnancy a mass movement. He said that 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres are being set up to provide comprehensive primary care and preventive healthcare services. Tamil Nadu has set up 1,320 of these centres, he said.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana health insurance offers up to five lakhs per family a year to cover 10 crore needy families in case of hospitalization. It is the largest health insurance scheme in the world.
“I am happy to learn that 1.57 crore people in the state are covered under the scheme. In just over three months about 89,000 beneficiaries were admitted to hospitals and an amount of Rs 200 crore has been authorized for them in Tamil Nadu,” he said. The Central government is committed to TB elimination by 2025. “I am happy to learn that the state government is upscaling the tuberculosisfree Chennai initiative and sticking to eliminate tuberculosis in the state by 2023 itself. I complement the state for the commitment of all aspects of the national TB control program,” he said.
SHOW OF STRENGTH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP leaders, including state BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan, during a public meeting in Madurai on Sunday
PM lays foundation stone for AIIMS Madurai, 3 super-specialty hosps
Central Govt Committed To Eliminate TB By 2025
Padmini.Sivarajah@timesgroup.com 28.01.2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Madurai on Sunday. He said that AIIMS had cultivated a brand name for healthcare. With setting up AIIMS in Madurai at a cost of more than ₹1,200 crore, the brand would reach out to all corners of the country, from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and Madurai to Guwahati to Gujarat, he said.
After laying the foundation stone, the Prime Minister also inaugurated, via video conference, three super-specialty hospitals in Madurai, Tirunelveli and Thanjavur, which have been established at a cost of ₹150 crore each. The NDA government was giving priority to the health sector to ensure affordable healthcare to all. Medical colleges and undergraduate seats in medical colleges have been increased by 30% in the last four-and-a-half years. “The speed and scale of Mission Indhradhanush is setting a new paradigm in preventive healthcare,’’ he said.
Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan are making safe pregnancy a mass movement. He said that 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres are being set up to provide comprehensive primary care and preventive healthcare services. Tamil Nadu has set up 1,320 of these centres, he said.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana health insurance offers up to five lakhs per family a year to cover 10 crore needy families in case of hospitalization. It is the largest health insurance scheme in the world.
“I am happy to learn that 1.57 crore people in the state are covered under the scheme. In just over three months about 89,000 beneficiaries were admitted to hospitals and an amount of Rs 200 crore has been authorized for them in Tamil Nadu,” he said. The Central government is committed to TB elimination by 2025. “I am happy to learn that the state government is upscaling the tuberculosisfree Chennai initiative and sticking to eliminate tuberculosis in the state by 2023 itself. I complement the state for the commitment of all aspects of the national TB control program,” he said.
SHOW OF STRENGTH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP leaders, including state BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan, during a public meeting in Madurai on Sunday
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