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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch, inaugurate, and lay the foundation stone for multiple projects related to the health sector worth around Rs 12,850 crore at All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) here on Tuesday on the occasion of Dhanvantari Jayanti and the 9th Ayurveda Day.
As a major addition to the flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), Prime Minister Modi will launch the expansion of health coverage to all senior citizens aged 70 years and above. This will help provide health coverage to all senior citizens regardless of their income.
“It has been the constant endeavour of the Prime Minister to provide quality healthcare services all across the country. In a major boost to healthcare infrastructure, Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple healthcare institutions,” Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on Monday.
Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate Phase II of India’s First AIIA. It includes a Panchakarma hospital, an Ayurvedic pharmacy for drug manufacturing, a sports medicine unit, a central library, an IT and start-ups incubation centre and a 500-seat auditorium among others.
He will also inaugurate three medical colleges at Mandsaur, Neemuch and Seoni in Madhya Pradesh. Further, he will inaugurate facility and service extensions at AIIMS Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh), AIIMS Kalyani (West Bengal), AIIMS Patna (Bihar), AIIMS Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), AIIMS Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), AIIMS Guwahati (Assam) and AIIMS New Delhi, which will also include a Jan Aushadhi Kendra. Prime Minister Modi will also inaugurate a Super Speciality Block in Government Medical College at Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh and a Critical Care Block in Bargarh, Odisha.
