Within the final two years, the AAP Delhi authorities’s Delhi Arogya Kosh (DAK), a scheme to supply monetary help to sufferers, has spent the utmost on radiological investigations adopted by surgical procedures, in response to information shared by the Delhi authorities on Wednesday. This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged the Delhi and West Bengal governments as not having joined the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
Based on the information, there was a rise within the whole cash spent on radiological assessments corresponding to ultrasounds and mammography, in addition to beneficiaries who availed of it, in 2023-2024 as in comparison with 2022-2023 — a complete of Rs 18.25 crore was spent on 1.15 lakh beneficiaries in 2022-2023, which elevated to Rs 32.30 crore spent on 2.42 lakh beneficiaries in 2023-2024.
Launching the expanded Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) to cowl everybody aged 70 years and above Tuesday, PM Modi had stated he fulfilled his “assure” on the event of Dhanvantri Jayanti. With Delhi and West Bengal nonetheless remaining outdoors the well being protection scheme, the PM apologised to older individuals in these two states for being unable to assist them.
Reacting to this, Aam Aadmi Social gathering chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in a submit on X, argued that Delhi’s mannequin affords complete free healthcare for all — no matter therapy prices — not like the Ayushman Bharat scheme, which, he stated, has restrictive standards and is inadequately applied. He additionally stated the scheme was “riddled with scams as per CAG reviews”.
Constituted in 2011, DAK has 5 parts/ schemes — Monetary Help to EWS Sufferers; Free Excessive-Finish Radiological Diagnostic Check Scheme, Cashless Specified Surgical procedures Scheme, RTA (Street Visitors Accident) Scheme (Farishtey Scheme), and Cashless Dialysis Scheme.
Underneath the Farishtey Scheme, cashless therapy is offered to medico-legal victims of highway accidents and victims of acid assaults and thermal burn accidents when the incident takes place throughout the jurisdiction of Delhi.
Sufferers with an annual household revenue of as much as Rs 3 lakh are eligible for the monetary help in authorities hospitals scheme. It’s only for residents of Delhi who’ve been residing within the metropolis for 3 years earlier than the date of submission of utility.
DAK is a registered society that gives monetary help to the extent of Rs 5 lakh to eligible sufferers in want of therapy for any sickness or illness in a hospital run by the Delhi or central authorities, native our bodies, or an autonomous hospital underneath the state authorities. Following therapy, registered nursing houses/personal hospitals search reimbursement of prices incurred through the therapy of such victims by means of DAK.
Delhi BJP MPs, in the meantime, have filed a writ petition within the Excessive Courtroom in opposition to the non-adoption of the Ayushman Bharat scheme in Delhi, state president Virendra Sachdeva stated Wednesday.
L-G V Okay Saxena alternatively, took to X, alleging the scheme has not been applied as Kejriwal needed AAP’s identify to be related to it: “In June 2018, the Well being Division of your authorities had beneficial implementing this scheme in public curiosity in view of its advantages and the then Well being Minister had given permission to implement Ayushman Bharat Scheme in Delhi. After that, in August 2018, your authorities talked about naming the Ayushman Bharat scheme as ‘Chief Minister Aam Aadmi Well being Insurance coverage Scheme Ayushman Bharat’…”
“On one event after one other, the file concerning implementation of the scheme saved going to your ministers and every time it was despatched again with pointless and unfounded queries,” he added.
