PM Modi on Friday said the Government’s ambitious Ayushman Bharat scheme has provided Rs. 7,000 crore benefit to the poors in the country.
The Prime Minister was inaugurating MA Nayak Healthcare Campus and Nirali Multispecialty Cancer Hospital in Navsari.
The hospital has been built in memory of Nirali, the granddaughter of L&T Group chairman Anil Nayak, who died of cancer at the age of two-and-a-half years.
“Three years ago, I had the opportunity of laying the foundation stone for a cancer hospital here. It is being inaugurated today. This is a sentimental tribute to Nirali, whom we lost much before time. The hospital shows the determination of Nirali’s family that no one should face a similar trauma. People of Navsari and surrounding districts will have an access to emergency treatment.”
To empower the poor, it was necessary to make health care accessible, he said adding: “We have been working with a holistic approach to improve the health sector for the last eight years. We have emphasised on good nutrition, clean lifestyle, behavioural issues related to preventive health and that’s the primary responsibility of the government.”
Keeping focus on the achievements of his government, Modi stated that the BJP government strives to save the poor and middle class from the cost of treatment.
