The hospital authorities though accepted that the patient died at the facility, rejected suggestion it was linked with politics, saying no hospital has any political, religious or caste affiliation.
At least 15,000 hospitals have so far been empanelled under the scheme out of which, 15 per cent are private hospitals, he said, urging more healthcare establishments to join the movement.
The scheme aims at providing a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family annually and is aimed at benefitting more than 10 crore poor families across the country.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that the state has decided to pull out of the Centre's Ayushman Bharat scheme.
"Once awareness of the scheme increases, it is anticipated that in the next few years, almost 1 crore plus families will benefit each year," Jaitley said in a Facebook post titled '100 days of Ayushman Bharat'.
The NITI Aayog has called for accelerating the establishment of 1,50,000 Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) under the Ayushman Bharat programme.
The Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY programme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 23 is touted as the world's largest government funded healthcare programme aimed at benefiting 50 crore people.
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh described the move as a historic one that would bring healthcare within the reach of every needy person in the state, an official statement said.
The move comes in the wake of a Supreme Court order declaring the Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid.
Naidu, in this context, said programmes like 'Ayushman Bharat' have come as a boon to elderly people and suggested that a special drive be launched to enrol senior citizens, especially from villages and rural areas.
PM Narendra Modi launches Ayushman Bharat health scheme from Jharkhand
The scheme will provide a cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year, for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation through a network of Empanelled Health Care Providers.
Launching the scheme, PM Modi said the intended beneficiaries outnumber the total population of the European Union or that of the USA, Canada and Mexico put together.
PM Modi launches Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)- 'Ayushman Bharat' in Jharkhand
PM Modi reaches Ranchi, will roll out Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana
The scheme will benefit more than 10.74 crore poor families for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation through a network of Empanelled Health Care Providers.
PM Modi’s ambitious scheme, that has been renamed as Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan (PMJAY), will provide a coverage of Rs five lakh per family annually.
The enrolment can be checked by visiting the website mera.pmjay.gov.in, or by calling the helpline number (14555).
Baby Karishma is the first beneficiary of India’s ambitious Ayushman Bharat Yojana.
Karishma's father Amit Kumar became the first beneficiary of the PMJAY scheme when the hospital was reimbursed Rs 9,000 for Karishma's birth by Caesarean section.
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