Health Ministry’s order to Chandigarh PGI- Free treatment for Ayushman card holders of Punjab

ABP News Impact: The news of ABP News has had a big impact. The Union Health Ministry has ordered Chandigarh PGI to start free treatment for Ayushman card holders of Punjab. The Punjab government still owes Rs 15 crore, but in view of the problem of poor patients, the central government has ordered to start free treatment again in PGI.

Dr. Vivek Lal, Director, Chandigarh PGI has said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi And on the orders of Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, PGI will start free treatment of Ayushman card holders from today. He said that the Punjab government is yet to get the dues. Dr Vivek Lal further said that for six months he was sending reminders to the Punjab government and even now he insists that the PGI dues be cleared quickly. The remaining two big hospitals of Chandigarh have also stopped the treatment of Ayushman card holders of Punjab. The PGI director said that free treatment will be started in an hour.

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Punjab Health Secretary said this

Let us inform that in Chandigarh PGI, the news of Punjab’s Ayushman card holders not getting free treatment was shown by ABP News, after which the matter has been affected. Chandigarh PGI treats 1200 to 1400 economically weak patients with Ayushman card. Punjab Health Secretary Ajay Sharma has said that the dues will be paid to the PGI in a week. At the same time, he also said that the government owes Rs 300 crore under this scheme. He had said that the matter would be with the Finance Department and hoped that the dues would be cleared within a week.

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