To get free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh, elderly people above 70 years of age will have to get a new Ayushman card done by doing KYC…

**Korba / For free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh in government empaneled private hospitals, elderly people above 70 years of age will have to get KYC done and a new Ayushman card made. If the card is not made, the facility of treatment will be given in the government or private hospital as per the old limit as per the type of ration card. In case of BPL card, the entire family including the head will get the facility of free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh every year and in case of APL, up to Rs 50 thousand. Will get it. After getting KYC done, a separate Ayushman card for the elderly will be generated. With this card, they will be able to get themselves treated up to Rs 5 lakh in any government empaneled private hospital. The new scheme is Aadhaar number based scheme, hence there will be no need of ration card in KYC. People of 70 plus age group will be able to get their card made online with their Aadhar card or by reaching any registration center – all government health centers, district hospitals and registered private hospitals, choice centers. *This way KYC can be done – *70 plus age group It is easy for individuals to do KYC sitting at home. On the page that opens after searching the website for KYC, two links of YouTube are displayed on the left side. One link is related to Ayushman card for people in the age group below 70 plus. In the second link, detailed information is given about making KYC and card for the elderly. The facility of making KYC and making card for the elderly can be done by visiting all the government health centres, district hospitals and registered private hospitals and choice centers of the district and getting the Aadhaar card. You can make Ayushman card from. Apart from the family quota, it is mandatory for people in the 70 plus age group to get a new card for free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh. According to the information received from CMHO, people in the 70 plus age group will get a separate card up to Rs 5 lakh under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. Free treatment facility has been provided. For this, every elderly person has to search the prescribed website of Ayushman and get KYC done with his Aadhaar number. Only after doing this, they will get the facility of separate treatment worth Rs 5 lakh in government and registered private hospitals. He said that the names of a total of 11.76 lakh people are registered in 3.41 lakh ration cards in the district, till now only 10.51 lakh people have got their Ayushman card made. The Health Department has appealed to the people deprived of Ayushman card to get their Ayushman card registered as soon as possible.

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