Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: To speed up the cent percent saturation of registration of beneficiaries, Secretary Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Bhupinder Kumar today visited dedicated registration camps of the Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY SEHAT scheme in Srinagar.
He was accompanied by the CEO of State Health Agency Sanjiv M Gadkar, CMO Srinagar and other officers. Secretary Health exhorted upon the CMO Srinagar to utilize the services of ASHA workers to cover the whole population under the flagship programme.
“Work out a block-wise strategy and utilize ASHA workers and other field staff to achieve the target within the stipulated time frame. Start door to door registration drives to achieve 100% saturation of AB PM-JAY SEHAT,” he told officials.
The Secretary also directed the officers to keep the camps operational until the population is registered under the Beneficiary Identification System (BIS). The CMO was directed to identify and register left-out beneficiaries from their respective districts and was told to devise and execute weekly plans and submit its report.
During the visit, the officials also briefed the Secretary about the performance of the district, work done in BIS under AB PM-JAY SEHAT till today, registration during last month, per day target, and action plan to achieve the target at the earliest.
He called for identifying the sections of the overall population and areas least registered under the schemes and stressed that concerted efforts are required to increase saturation numbers by extensively reaching out to the unregistered beneficiaries in all districts as well.
The Secretary was informed that various awareness initiatives are already being taken which include sending flash messages, broadcasting radio jingles and walk-in drives for traders, sanitation workers and businessmen.
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