PM Aatmnirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana - Rs. 64,180 Investment Details

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman launched PM Aatmnirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana in addition to National Health Mission. Rs. 64,180 crore to be invested in health infrastructure over the 6 years. This will develop capacity of primary, secondary and third sherry of the health system. It will give new strength to existing health systems of our nation and plan to create new institutions to cater the detection and the cure of a new and emerging disease. PM Swasth Bharat Yojana is an addition to the national health mission.

Key highlights of the scheme are mentioned below:

• Support of over 17000 rural and 11000 health and wellness sector
• Integrated public Health care labs in all districts
• 3382 block public health units in 11 states
• New Critical care hospital blocks in 602 districts
• 12 New Central Institutions
• 15 health emergency operation centres
• 2 Mobile Hospitals
• 9 Bio safety level 3 Labs

What is PM Swasth Bharat Scheme?

PM Atmnirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana is a government sponsored scheme that aims at improving primary, secondary, and tertiary care health systems, strengthening existing national institutions, creating new institutions, catering to detection and cure of new and emerging diseases in India.

This scheme aims to support 17,788 rural and 11,024 urban Health & Wellness Centers, establish integrated public health labs in every district, strengthen the National Centre for Disease Control, its 5 regional branches & 20 metropolitan health surveillance units, establish 9 Bio-Safety Level III laboratories, and 4 regional National Institutes of Virology.

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Benefits of PM Swasth Bharat Yojana

Following are the key benefits of the scheme:

• The scheme will help in detecting and curing new and emerging diseases through strengthening existing national institutions and creating new ones.
• The scheme will strengthen the primary, secondary, & third sherry of the health system facilities in every corner of our nation.
• The scheme will provide support to rural as well as urban health and wellness centers.
• The scheme will enable opening of new Public Health Units in airports, seaports and land crossings.
• Such implementations will help India prepare against the Covid-19 like pandemics in the future.