Uttarakhand : Now the facility of free treatment will not be available in private hospitals! Crisis on the scheme of free treatment in Ayushman Yojana

In Uttarakhand, a crisis has arisen over free and cashless treatment in the Ayushman scheme for free treatment of common people and state health scheme for government employees and pensioners. Under the scheme, the hospitals have not been able to pay for the last two months, due to which private hospitals have started judging the treatment of patients.

The government has started Ayushman scheme to provide free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh to 18 lakh families of the state. Whereas the State Health Scheme has been implemented for unlimited cashless treatment to 1.25 lakh government employees and pensioners. Both these schemes are operated by the State Health Authority.

The authority has tied up for free and cashless treatment in a total of 200 hospitals in the state and the country. There is a provision to pay within a week for treatment in these hospitals. But the hospitals are not getting paid. Because of this, the hospital has started evasive in the treatment of patients. 30 patients from across the state have lodged complaints with the authority in this regard.

100 crore outstanding
The arrears incurred on treatment under the State Health Scheme and Ayushman Yojana have crossed 100 crores. The payment of any hospital has not been done for two months, due to which the problems of the patients may increase in the coming days. State Health Authority’s Chief Executive Officer Arunendra Singh Chauhan admitted that for the last two months, the payments of hospitals have not been made.

He said that 53 crores were received under the scheme, which have been spent. 100 crore has been demanded from the government. Private hospitals have been told that no laxity will be tolerated in the treatment of patients.

The plan rests on private hospitals
Ayushman Yojana and State Health Scheme mainly depend on private hospitals. In such a situation, if the payment is not made by the authority, then the private hospital can avoid the scheme. This can lead to a crisis in the whole plan itself. The Chief Minister’s Health Insurance Scheme, which was started earlier for free treatment of patients in the state, had to be discontinued by the government. About 120 big private hospitals are connected in the scheme.