New Delhi, Aug 6 : A total of 1.5 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres will be accessible to the people at the end of December the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday in the Upper House.Mandaviya made this comment while responding to a discussion about the Right to Health Bill, 2021.
The bill for private members was introduced by RJD MP Manoj Jha.
Mandaviya stated she believes that she believes that the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission, with an outlay of $64,000 crore in the next five years, would propel India’s public health infrastructure and facilities to new heights.
“These centers would also offer yoga classes for wellness two times each week.
Children would be vaccinated, as well as pregnant women’s health conditions are closely monitored.They would also have testing facilities for non-communicable illnesses,” he added.
They will also have facilities to screen of oral cancer as well as cervical cancer and breast cancer.The government is trying to provide affordable and accessible healthcare for the average person Mandaviya said.
The Minister added: “When the NDA government was elected in 2014 the budget of the health sector was at 33,000 crore.This has significantly increased.We’ve raised the health budget to 58 percent to reach 52 lakh crore in 2018-19 and Rs 62 million crore in 2019-20 and Rs 71 million crore in 21-22, and the total amount of Rs 83 million in 2022-22”.
“We are deciding to raise it up to 2.5 percent in the next few years”, he said.
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