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PM Dialysis Programme

led to savings of

₹8,000 crore

Under the Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis
Program (PMNDP), patients are being
dialyzed using 11,757 hemo-dialysis machines
at 1,674 centers in about 750 districts of

36 states and union territories across the
country. Till June 3, 2025, a total of 27.86
lakh patients have availed dialysis service.
During this period, a total of 342.25 lakh

sessions of hemo-dialysis were conducted. It
is the result of the Pradhan Mantri National
Dialysis Program that, till now, a total of Rs
8,000 crore has been saved by the patients

through this scheme.

family was seriously ill, it affected every member of the the country. I want to live as a healthy person till my last
family. There was a time when people had to sell their breath.” Due to the conscious approach and sensitivity
houses, lands, jewelry, etc., to get treatment. The poor towards health, health has become the top priority on
would be devastated on hearing the cost of treatment the agenda of any government for the first time. For a
for a serious illness. The elderly mother would think long time, it has been the aspiration of the country that
about whether to get herself treated or spend on the ed- there should be such a modern health system in the
ucation of her grandchildren. The elderly father would country that cares for even the poorest of the poor.
think about whether to get himself treated or look after A health system that cares for the health of the poor,
the household expenses. Therefore, the elders of the protects the poor from diseases, and if they fall ill, then
poor family could see only one way out. Silently bear provides them with the best treatment. A good health
the troubles. Bear the pain. Silently wait for death. The facility system does not mean only building ‘just struc-
helplessness of not being able to get treatment due to tures. The health system of any country becomes strong
a lack of money would shatter the poor. The sensitive only when it provides solutions in every way, supports
Prime Minister Narendra Modi felt that pain, and out of at every step. Therefore, in the last 11 years, holistic
that sensitivity, the Ayushman Bharat Yojana was born. health care has been kept as the top priority in the
The central government has decided that the govern- country. The amount of work done in the field of health
ment will bear the cost of hospitalization of the poor in India in the last 11 years has not been done even in
up to Rs 5 lakh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also the last 70 years. The healthier the citizens of a country,
said many times from the public platform, “I want my the faster the pace of progress of that country. With this
health to be such that it does not become a burden for thought, giving priority to the health of its citizens, the

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