On the occasion of Dhanvantari Jayanti and 9th Ayurveda Day, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will launch, inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple projects related to the health sector worth around Rs 12,850 crore at around 12:30 PM on 29 October at All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi.
As a major addition to the flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), Prime Minister will launchexpansion 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 will inaugurate Phase II of India’s First All India Institute of Ayurveda. 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 various AIIMS in Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh, Kalyani in West Bengal, Patna in Bihar, Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh,Guwahati in Assam and in New Delhi, which will also include a Jan Aushadhi Kendra. Prime Minister will also inaugurate a Super Speciality Block in Government Medical College at Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh and a Critical Care Block in Bargarh, Odisha.
Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of five Nursing Colleges in Shivpuri, Ratlam, Khandwa, Rajgarh and Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh; 21 Critical Care Blocks at Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka,Manipur, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan under Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), and several facilities and service extensions at AIIMS in New Delhi and in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.
