Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the state government is committed to provide free treatment for Covid to all the economically weaker families of the state. In this sequence, the Mukhya Mantri Covid Upchar Yojana has been implemented. Under this scheme, important decisions have also been taken for free Covid treatment of families possessing Ayushman cards. Secretary, Public Health and Family Welfare Akash Tripathi has issued a letter to all collectors and chief medical and health officers for information and implementation of the scheme. He informed that by increasing the rates of Ayushman package by 40 percent, it has been brought at par with the rates of private hospitals for treatment at present. In this, the maximum limit of special tests like CT scan, MRI etc. which was earlier Rs 5,000 per family per year, it has been revised to treat Covid-19 in the year 2021-22. At present, only 288 hospitals with medicine expertise, out of 579 hospitals identified for Covid treatment are expanelled under the Ayushman Yojana in the state. Therefore, the District Health Committee has been authorized to provide temporary affiliation for three months in Ayushman Bharat Yojana to the private hospital registered on the Sarthak portal for treatment of Covid-19 at the district level. Tripathi said that due to the said decision, free Covid treatment will be provided to the financially weak families with Ayushman cards, which is also a top priority of the state government. Therefore, it must be ensured that all the private hospitals providiing Covid treatment in the district, which specialize in medicine and are registered on Sarthak portal are provided temporary affiliation for three months soon so that free Covid treatment of Ayushman card holders can be ensured under the new package of Ayushman scheme in all those hospitals. This affiliation should not be given to very small hospitals. The state government is committed to provide Ayushman cards to every member of eligible families under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana. This work should be undertaken as a campaign. A special campaign should be launched for free treatment of Covid-19 to ensure that every member of Ayushman eligible families gets a separate card and can avail free Covid treatment. If any eligible family does not have the Ayushman card and needs treatment of Covid, then free treatment must be ensured. If any member of Ayushman card holder family whose Ayushman card has not been made reaches the hospital for Covid treatment, then he will be able to get admission in the hospital in three ways: - 1. Ayushman card and food slip of a member of the family, will be proof that he is a member of the family of the Ayushman card holder. 2. Presentation of the Ayushman card of a member of the Ayushman cardholder family along with Samagra ID, through which can prove that he is a member of the Ayushman cardholder family. 3. The Ayushman card of a member of the family as well as the certification of the gazetted officer of any government department, that he is a member of the family of the Ayushman card holder. For this, government officials can verify through the Samagra portal that he is a member of the Samagra ID family of the Ayushman card holder.

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