⇒ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission on 25 October 2021 in Varanasi. He also inaugurated various development projects worth around Rs 5200 crore for Varanasi.
PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission is one of the largest pan-India scheme for strengthening healthcare infrastructure across the country.
Objective:
The objective of PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission is to fill critical gaps in public health infrastructure, especially in critical care facilities and primary care in both the urban and rural areas.
Key Points:
» It will provide support for 17,788 rural Health and Wellness Centres in 10 High Focus States. Further, 11,024 urban Health and Wellness Centres will be established in all the States.
» Various Institutes and Centres will be set up under PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission. These are:
- A National Institution for One Health
- 4 New National Institutes for Virology
- A Regional Research Platform for WHO South East Asia Region
- 9 Biosafety Level III laboratories
- 5 New Regional National Centre for Disease Control
» PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission targets to build an IT enabled disease surveillance system by developing a network of surveillance laboratories at block, district, regional and national levels, in Metropolitan areas.