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No fee is to be charged for registration of patients for deceased donor organ transplantation, says govt

The government said that no fee is to be charged for the registration of patients for deceased donor organ transplantation. In a reply in the Lok Sabha, Union Health and Family Welfare minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya said that provision has now been made that a person of any age could be registered for receiving deceased donor organ transplantation. He further said that the government has decided to do away with the need for domicile registration in states and union territories to promote organ t...

August 4, 2023 2:09 PM

24 crore 30 lakh Ayushman cards created in country under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna

Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya informed that 24 crore 30 lakh Ayushman cards have been created in the country under the Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna. In a reply in Lok Sabha, Dr. Mandaviya said that as of July this year, a total of 5 crore 43 lakh hospital admissions have been authorized under the scheme. He said that an amount of 66 thousand 763 crore rupees have been sanctioned for this. The scheme provides health cover of 5 lakh rupees per ...