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“During my ‘sarkar apale daari’ review meetings in Vidarbha and Marathwada, villagers put forth several complaints against many hospitals,” Tiwari said. The hospitals would be reimbursed the medical expenses directly by the government on submission of the patients’ details and case history. Yavatmal: Claiming a multicrore scam in the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana implementation, Kishor Tiwari , chairman of Vasantrao Naik Sheti Swavlamban Mission, a special task force set up by Maharashtra government to look into agrarian issues, on Sunday, through a press release, demanded thorough probe into the state-sponsored health scheme. The state has also appointed district-level nodal officers to monitor the implementation.Tiwari alleged that many of the empanelled hospitals force patients to undergo various tests and also bear the cost even in cases of minor illnesses. He also alleged that due to a well oiled nexus between private hospitals and officials, the needy are being deprived of free health care under the scheme.According to Tiwari, the scheme was earlier named Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayi Yojana and the BJP government rechristened it as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana..