Maharashtra public health minister Tanaji Sawant on Thursday said that treatment for snake bite and Appendicitis has actually been consisted of in the Mahatma Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MPJAY). Sawant was reacting to a concern raised by state legal assembly member, Deepak Chavan, throughout the assembly session.
When Chavan recommended increasing the variety of illness covered under MPJAY, Sawant said that the state federal government has actually made MPJAY universal which under this plan, the homeowners of Maharashtra are offered totally free health care centers approximately Rs5 lakhs. Currently, 996 illness are covered under MPJAY while the number (of illness and treatments) will be increased to 1,356. An unique committee will be made up for the function of choice of illness to be consisted of under the plan, Sawant notified.
The MPJAY is a flagship, cashless medical insurance plan of the Government of Maharashtra began in 2012. At present, it is available in 966 medical facilities (federal government and personal) in Maharashtra, and 66 medical facilities (13 federal government and 53 personal) in Pune district. At the time the plan was begun, the amount ensured under it was Rs1.5 lakhs per year per family and Rs2.5 lakhs for kidney transplants. An overall 996 illness are covered throughout 30 classifications under MPJAY.
