Jammu (NVI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Social Endeavour for Health and Telemedicine (SEHAT) scheme in Jammu and Kashmir on December 26, an official spokesperson here said.
Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo chaired a preliminary meeting here yesterday to review the progress for smooth implementation of SEHAT scheme, the spokesperson said.
At the meeting, Atal Dulloo instructed the officers to keep all arrangements in place for the effective roll out of the scheme. He told them that the process of card distribution should also be expedited so that maximum people take benefits out of this scheme.
The Financial Commissioner further directed the CMOs to expedite the process of registration under this scheme so that no family is left out from availing benefits. He asked the officers and CMOs to utilise the services of CSC operators effectively for the successful implementation of SEHAT scheme.
He also asked officers to make the public aware about the benefits of the scheme and utilise the outdoor publicity material like hoardings, banners and other things for generating maximum awareness among the masses.
On the Ayushman Bharat Jan Arogya Yojana, the Financial Commissioner directed the officers that all Indoor Patient Department (IPD) cases should be registered under this scheme besides COVID case patients should also be registered under this scheme.
Dulloo further asked the officers that the public should be facilitated for registering under Ayushman Bharat scheme so that maximum beneficiaries are registered under the scheme.
He asked the administrators and principals of different medical colleges to utilise the services of Arogya Mitras effectively so that maximum people are covered under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
He asked them to hire the Arogya Mitras as per the daily flow of the patients in the IPDs.
Dulloo also directed the MD JKMSCL to keep the medicines available for all the hospitals so that the public doesn’t face any inconvenience while having the required treatments under the scheme.
