Hospital admissions under Ayushman Bharat double in the last 6 months

Numbers turning up for other medical treatment touch 1.5 million a month as Covid wanes

As the Covid situation eases, hospital admissions under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) have nearly doubled in the last six months to 1.5 million per month from pre-Covid levels of around 800,000 a month.
 

“This number may not be sustainable but it shows that all the pent-up demand (for non-Covid treatment or elective procedures) is coming to the fore, so we are seeing a sudden surge in numbers,” said R S Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority (NHA).

With things returning to normal, the government has ela­borate plans for the Ayush­man Bharat scheme such as better identification of