J&K citizens can now avail Golden card facility at comfort of their homes

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, July 29: Citizens of J&K can now avail the Golden card facility at the comfort of their home under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) SEHAT scheme, just by clicking a button.
The citizens need to go to the address Setu.pmjay.gov.in and register themselves with details of ration card issued by Food and Supply Department, Aadhar Card and download their Golden cards. The initiative has been taken to ensure all the citizens get Golden cards which provide 5 Lakh health insurance cover.
Notably, State Health Agency (SHA) recently rolled out an ambitious door-to-door exercise to achieve 100 percent saturation under the Ayushman Bharat PMJAY SEHAT scheme by the end of August month.
Recently, Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education M K Diwedi in a high level meeting had directed for launching result oriented door- to-door campaign in all areas of J&K for 100 percent saturation by end of August this year.
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) SEHAT has crossed a major milestone of providing 5 lakh free treatments to the citizens of J&K UT, recently. The Scheme has become a ray of hope for poor families who couldn’t afford health treatment at prestigious and well known medical institutes of the country.
Recently a special initiative was launched for women and their families associated with JKRLM to provide them free treatment. To provide much needed relief to the people of J&K, the SEHAT Scheme was launched in convergence with AB PM-JAY by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
AB PM-JAY (SEHAT Scheme) in J&K provides health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year to all the residents at empanelled hospitals. The scheme covers up to three days of pre-hospitalization and fifteen days of post-hospitalization expenses including diagnostics and medicines.