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Health | COVER STORY

of the country. The talk of universal healthcare in the
country remained a slogan earlier, but for the first
time, a government has provided the world’s largest To transform the health
healthcare facility with free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh.
When Gyanendra expressed his feelings in words to sector of the country,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he felt connected to the we have worked on a
citizens. How sensitive Prime Minister Modi’s thinking national approach, a new
about the welfare of the citizens of the country is also
evident in his letter written to Gyanendra, a resident of national health policy.
Patna, Bihar. He wrote in his letter, “I am very happy From Swachh Bharat
to know about the improvement in your health. The Abhiyan to Ayushman
information you have shared in the letter about the Bharat and now
successful treatment of the kidney in the past days
through Ayushman Bharat Yojana has given immense Ayushman Bharat Digital
satisfaction to the heart.” Gyanendra has written in his Mission, many such
letter, “The people of the country will continue to get efforts are part of this.
relief and guidance from your (PM Modi) courage and
personality.” In response to this, Prime Minister Modi Narendra Modi,
also could not stop himself from putting his feelings Prime Minister
into words. He wrote, “We have seen the life savings of
families being wiped out in one go due to medical ex-
penses. Many times, people were even reluctant to get
treatment due to the expense. Today, the Ayushman
Bharat Yojana is ensuring that no Indian is deprived
of treatment. This scheme has proved how a person’s
life gets new hope and direction when they get proper
treatment.”
A healthy person is not a burden on their family and
plays an active role in the process of nation-building.
By aligning this reality with policies and schemes, the
Central Government has initiated a new revolution
in the health sector over the last 11 years. Today, the
campaign to provide better health facilities to every
poor person in the country is going on at a fast pace.
For this, major reforms have been made in health
education, along with this, there has been a significant
increase in medical seats in the country. Under the
Ayushman Bharat Yojana, quality health services are
being delivered to every village in the country. Afford-
able medicines are being made available to the poor
and middle class through the Jan Aushadhi Yojana.
There is a digital platform to track the vaccination of
pregnant women and children. Crores of people have
a unique digital health identity. With telemedicine, no
one is far away from access to a doctor now. There has
been encouraging progress due to the initiatives of the

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