Prime Minister Modi launches PMASBY scheme
Prime Minister Modi launches PMASBY scheme
Top Health officials of States & UT’s participated virtually in the launching event
Srinagar, October 26(PTK): The Prime Minister Narender Modi on Monday launched the biggest health infrastructure scheme -Pradhan Mantri Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana (PMASBY),worth Rs 64,180 crore from his parliamentary constituency, Varanasi of Utter Pradesh.
The union government had announced the PMASBY for the health sector including a set of reforms and initiatives for long-term infrastructure strengthening the public health system.
Reports said that healthcare professionals and staff from functional health and wellness centres at the Panchayat level, Block PHCs and CHCs, sub district and district hospitals at the block and district level, and the Government Medical College of Country and Jammu & Kashmir also participated through virtual means in the launching event.
The measures under the PMASBY scheme for the health sector focus on developing capacities of health systems and institutions across the continuum of care at all levels — primary, secondary, and tertiary and on preparing health systems in responding effectively to the current and future pandemics/disasters.
The scheme provides a much-needed infusion of funds to develop the infrastructure needed for strengthening state health systems and meeting future pandemic needs.(PTK).
