Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that in the wake of increase in the number of Covid patients, the has decided to provide free treatment to the beneficiaries of Himcare and Ayushman Bharat Scheme in registered private hospitals designated as Covid hospitals.
The Chief Minister was presiding over a meeting with the senior officers and members of Covid Management Committees. He said that as many as 4.16 lakh families had been registered under Ayushman Bharat and 5.13 lakh families under State sponsored Himcare scheme. He said that all these families would now be eligible for the free treatment of Covid-19.