Friday, 13 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Big relief for poor patients of kidney ailments
The high and recurring cost of dialysis is a major drain on the savings of the patients with kidney patients. In a major relief to such patients the Uttarakhand government had included the dialysis in the Ayushman Yojana. The chairman of the state health agency (SHA), DK Kotia said that the patients of the kidney ailments have so far availed benefit of 1.33 lakh dialysis under the scheme and an amount of Rs 42 crore has been spent on the dialysis. He said that the Ayushman Yojana has made things easy for kidney patients as a costly procedure like dialysis has come under the ambit of the scheme. Kotia said that the Ayushman Yojana is acting as a life saver for kidney patients.
It is pertinent to mention here that a sum of Rs 12,00 to 15,00 is spent every time a dialysis patient undergoes dialysis. A sum of Rs 18,000 to Rs 20,000 is spent every month on peritoneal dialysis of patients.
Launched on December 25, 2018, the AAUY provides a cover of Rs five lakh per annum to all 23 lakh families of Uttarakhand in the panelled hospitals under the scheme. Patients can avail benefit of the scheme for 1,350 types of diseases in the panelled hospitals.
A total of 3.11 lakh patients have so far availed the benefit of the scheme and a sum of Rs 390 crore has been spent on the Yojana so far.
