After an SoS to LG via twitter: PMJAY card issued to a women undergoing heart surgery in PGI Chandigarh in two days 

Jammu, Jan 29 : On the intervention of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s office, a lady patient from Udhampur undergoing heart surgery got a Sehat card (Ayushman card) within two days after the women sought help by tagging the Twitter handle-officeofLGJandK.

The lady is currently undergoing heart valve surgery at PGI Chandigarh. Radha Devi from Udhampur district had tagged an appeal to the LG office on January 24.

“Heart surgery is costly. I cant afford it. Please issue me an Ayushman card on humanitarian grounds. It is emergency,” she had tweeted tagging it to the Twitter handle of ‘Office of LGJandK’.

“We are thankful to Lt.Governor Manoj Sinha for ensuring that Ayushman Bharat Yojana (PMJAY) card was issued to my wife. She is in PGI, Chandigarh is under treatment. The immediate help from the Governor Administration and District Administration, Udhampur ensured the life of my wife is saved”, Mohinder Singh, husband of the patient told KNS.

Ayushman Bharat Yojana, also known as the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), is a scheme that aims to help economically vulnerable Indians who are in need of healthcare facilities.

Under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) provides financial protection of 5 lakhs per family and covers 6.13 lakh families in J&K.  The State Health Agency of J&K is implementing PM-JAY in Insurance mode.

229 Hospitals are empanelled in J&K of which 126 are public hospitals.        68 Government hospitals and 35 are private.

After the launch of the Sehat scheme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December last year, PM-JAY SEHAT has extended health coverage to all residents of Jammu & Kashmir. Now one crore residents of J&K who were not eligible under Ayushman Bharat scheme to be benefitted

Right now about 6 lakh families are getting the benefit of Ayushman Bharat Scheme. All 21 lakh families living in J&K will get the same benefit after the SEHAT scheme.

Another benefit of this scheme would be that treatment is not limited to government and private hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir only. Rather, treatment can be availed from thousands of hospitals empanelled under this scheme in the country, he added.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had termed the launch of SEHAT Scheme as a glorious chapter of J&K’s history. He had underscored the key features of the Health scheme that the SEHAT Scheme will provide financial cover upto Rs 5 lakh per family on a floater basis to all residents of the UT of J&K with benefits portable across the country, without cap on family size.