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Nation    Robust Health Infrastructure


           PM AYUSHMAN BHARAT HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE MISSION
           PM AYUSHMAN BHARAT HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE MISSION


                                                                  . SO THAT THER
                                                                ... SO THAT THERE IS
                                                                ..

                                                                                                   E IS


                                                              E AR    LY DE       TECTION             OF
                                                              EARLY DETECTION OF
                                                        DISEASE             AN    D N    O DE      LAY
                                                        DISEASE  AND NO DELAY


                                                                   IN INVESTIGATION
                                                                   IN    IN   VE   STIGATION



                                                                  COVID was not the first pandemic and
                                                                 will not be the last. If another epidemic
                                                                    occurs in the future, it could be even
                                                                  worse. On February 1, 2021, the Union
                                                                 Budget announced the PM Atmanirbhar
                                                              Swasth Bharat Yojana, with a budget of Rs
                                                              64,180 crore over five years, to strengthen
                                                                   the health infrastructure for effective
                                                                 management of any future epidemic or
                                                                outbreak. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
                                                                launched it as the PM Ayushman Bharat
                                                             Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM)
                                                             on October 25, 2021, which is continuously
                                                                     strengthening health infrastructure.










          The huge gap in our healthcare system                    he  basis  of  success  and  prosperity  is  good
           has created an ever-present concern                     health." The foundation of all progress then
          about access to treatment among the              "Trests solely on health, whether it pertains to
                                                            an individual, a family, a society, or the entire country.
          poor and middle class. The Ayushman               Prime Minister Narendra Modi's words are symbolic of
          Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission is           a firm move toward a paradigm shift in the health sector
          a solution to the country's healthcare            that began after 2014. Whether it is new hospitals,
          system's deficiency. Today, our health-           medical colleges, or free treatment for more than 50
          care system is being prepared so that             crore  poor  people,  rescheduling  of  health  facilities
         we will be ready and capable of dealing            from villages to small towns has begun. The Prime
                with any future epidemic.                   Minister's  Ayushman  Bharat  Health  Infrastructure
                                                            Mission has been launched in this series to build the
             - Narendra Modi ,Prime Minister                capacity of primary, secondary, and tertiary health care



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