Ayushman Bharat

In Srinagar district the entire administration is busy on the ground for the enrolment of left over population for the golden card as health cover for them.

The CMO Srinagar was asked to ensure proper monitoring of the process at Medical Zone level and submit progress reports on a daily basis for onward updation of registration portal.

In this direction recently Deputy Commissioner Srinagar emphasized on conducting random inspections of the notified sites to check the presence of VLEs and progress of the Golden Card registration process.

The CEO Ayushman Bharat, who participated in the meeting through virtual mode also spoke in the meeting and made several suggestions to ensure saturation of Golden cards in District Srinagar. He said appropriate mass mobilization activities on mission mode will also be carried out for creating mass awareness in the district for speeding up registration process.

The meeting was informed that as many as 564404 Golden Cards have been issued in Srinagar District so far covering 167538 families and the process of registration under the scheme is going on and remaining beneficiaries shall be brought under the coverage within the shortest possible time.

Golden cards have really come to the rescue of those poor people who were not able to pay their hospital bills earlier. It has come to the rescue of those poor people who have to undergo heart surgeries and are not having the money available to save their lives.