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Medical Device Parks
PMJAY-Ayushman Bharat
Scheme Commencement September 23, 2018 Ayushman cards have been Commencement From 2020–2021 to 2024–2025 Scheme
Promotion Scheme
distributed to over 17.90 crore
BECAUSE OF POVERTY,
NO TREATMENT IS NOW beneficiaries under the Ayushman INDIA'S MEDICAL DEVICE
Bharat scheme until March 2022.
STOPPED More than 3.28 crore people have MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Objective:Free treatment of used the treatment facility. This TO GROW RAPIDLY
Rs 5 lakh per year to 50 crore scheme connects about 27,300 Objective:To make the
people of 10 crore 74 lakh private and government hospitals. Indian medical device sector,
families. Also covered in this system, which a global leader, increasing
is only for women, are 141 similar
Get information: For the scheme, medical treatments. Between the availability of medical
information can be taken on the October 2019 and September equipment in the home
website mera.pmjay.gov.in and toll 2021, 46.7 percent of people who market by building world-class
free number 14555 and toll free infrastructure.
number 1800-111-565. benefited from this programme
were women.
India's medical device business
e- Sanjeevani OPD Health Progress is worth about $5 billion , with
and Wellness Centre The health and wellness imports contributing for 80- Progress
90 percent of total revenue.
Scheme NEAR-HOME AND AT HOME center's construction began With effect from April 1st,
Commencement 2018 and 2020
2020, medical devices are
in 2018 as part of Ayushman
now defined and notified as
TREATMENT FACILITY
have opened by 29 April
Objective:Through the Bharat. 1.18 lakh such centres medicines. The Medical Device
Park Promotion Scheme is
Health and Wellness 2022. 1.02 crore wellness being implemented at a cost of
Center, the distance from sessions were held, with 85.63
home to doctor is less crore persons attending. By `400
than 30 minutes. Consult a December 2022, the goal is
doctor from home through to have 1.58 lakh of these crore. Among the 16 states
telemedicine. centres. The telemedicine that submitted applications
Get information: Until April 20, 2022, programme e-Sanjeevani, for financial aid, Uttar Pradesh,
more than 3 lakh 16 thousand which was launched in Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh,
hours of consultation have been 2020, has been connected and Himachal Pradesh were
provided through this service. to over 1 lakh health and
The service related to this can be wellness centres. Every day, granted finacial aid. The
availed on the website https:// E-Sanjeevani treats over timeframe is 2024–2025.
esanjeevaniopd.in. 90,000 patients across the
country.
Commencement July, 2014 Progress
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority In July 2014, the plan set the pricing of Consumers have
saved roughly
106 anti-diabetic and cardiovascular
ceiling price for 102 formulations 8400
Scheme Same medicine, right price. Diabetes , was set. In February 2017, pricing for crores each year
medications. On March 16, 2016, the
cancer medicine now cheaper.
notified after the NLEM 2015 Act
Objective:To minimise consumer
as a result of
spending on disease by controlling the
cost of diabetes, cardiovascular, cancer
August 2017, pricing for Orthopedic
medications and
drugs, and stents and knee implants. Coronary Stents was released, and in price controls on
medical devices.
Knee Implants was released.
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