RamaKrishna Mission Hospital empanelled under CMAAY, AB-PMJAY

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Itanagar: Ramakrishna Mission Hospital (RKMH) here, one of the leading health institutions in the state, has been empanelled under Chief Minister’s Arogya Arunachal Yojana (CMAAY) and Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).

Chief Medical Superintendent of Naharlagun based Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), Dr Hage Ambing opened the CMAAY/PMJAY Kiosk in the hospital premises on Friday in presence of RKMH Secretary, CEO (CMAAY/PMJAY), and officials of MD India Health Insurance TPA Pvt Ltd.

“With this empanelment of RKMH more choices would now be available to the public (beneficiaries) for seeking (cashless) treatment under CMAAY/PMJAY apart from TRIHMS, and Bakin Pertin General Hospital (BPGH), Pasighat within the state,” opined Dr Ambing.

RKMH Secretary Swami Visweshananda Maharaj said that the hospital would strive hard to give better health services to the people, adding that the first patient (beneficiary) was already admitted under the gynaecology department.

Ramakrishna Mission Hospital has been empanelled initially for treatment in 10 specialities namely, obstetrics & gynaecology, eye, ENT, general medicine, paediatrics medical management, neonatal care, urology, plastic & reconstructive surgery, burns management and oral & maxillofacial surgery. Out of these, urology and plastic surgery are super speciality departments.

CEO (CMAAY/PMJAY), Dr Tana Takum informed that till date, 90,722 families have been enrolled under CMAAY and 3,893 individuals have already benefitted under the scheme.

CMAAY, which provides cashless health coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family per year, was announced as flagship scheme of the state government on August 15 last year by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, who launched the scheme on September 23, 2018 coinciding with the nationwide rollout of AB-PMJAY by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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