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| Councilor Ritu Choudhary organizes Ayushman Health Insurance camp | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 20: Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) Councilor Ritu Choudhary on Tuesday organized Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) which provides poor and vulnerable families coverage for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization was launched in Ward-7
The health insurance camp was inaugurated with the launch of the scheme here in which a large number of residents of Ward-7 participated.
Speaking on the occasion, Councilor Ritu Choudhary said the AB-PMJAY aimed at providing portable coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family annually, and a beneficiary covered under the scheme would be allowed to avail cashless benefits from any public and private empanelled hospitals across the country.
She said in Jammu district, around 99 per cent of the verification process for eligibility under the AB-PMJAY scheme had been completed in urban and rural households had been identified. He added after proper identification, a card will be issued to each beneficiary.
Councilor Choudhary asked the Health department to conduct capacity building programmes for the officials and organize awareness camps at block level so that distribution of smartcards among the eligible beneficiaries to avail the annual health cover facility.
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