AMN / NEW DELHI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission launched in India has the power to revolutionize health care in India. He said it is an important day today for India in the 21st century as the health sector is entering a new phase that will change the country’s health landscape.
Launching the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission via video conferencing, Mr Modi said, it will play a big role in removing the problems faced in the treatment of the poor and middle class of the country.
Ayushman Bharat – PM-JAY also played an important role by providing timely help to the needy free of cost. Till now, more than two crore people were the beneficiaries, half of them being women.
The Prime Minister informed that India is working on a health model that is holistic and inclusive which stresses preventive health care and affordable and accessible treatment in case of disease. He also discussed unprecedented reforms in health education and said, a much larger number of doctors and paramedical manpower is being created in India now as compared to seven to eight years ago.
A comprehensive network of AIIMS and other modern health institutions is being established in the country and work on establishing one medical college in every three Lok Sabha constituencies is going on. He also talked about strengthening health facilities in villages and informed that in the villages, primary health centre networks and wellness centres are being strengthened. More than 80 thousand such centres have already been operationalized.
Noting that today’s programme is being organized on World Tourism Day, the Prime Minister remarked that health has a very strong relationship with tourism.