New Delhi [India], October 29 (HBTV): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday unveiled multiple projects related to the health sector worth around INR 12,850 crore at the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) in the national capital on the occasion of the 9th Ayurveda Day. 

Modi was felicitated by Union Ministers JP Nadda and Mansukh Mandaviya at the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) in New Delhi.

The Prime Minister also handed over the Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card to beneficiaries.

Addressing the inauguration of various health projects, BJP national president JP Nadda said that the Prime Minister has dedicated the day to health services and infrastructure. 

"We are fortunate that today, on this health day, the Prime Minister is inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for various schemes. The presence of the Prime Minister among us in this program makes us all proud... Today, the Prime Minister has dedicated this day to health services and infrastructure for health. I believe that it is an auspicious day, a historic day," Nadda said. 

As a major addition to the flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), the Prime Minister launched the expansion of health coverage to all senior citizens aged 70 years and above. 

This will further help provide health coverage to all senior citizens regardless of their income. It has been the Prime Minister’s constant endeavor to provide quality healthcare services across the country.

In a major boost to healthcare infrastructure, PM Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for multiple healthcare institutions. 

The prime minister also inaugurated Phase II of India’s first All India Institute of Ayurveda, which includes a Panchakarma hospital, an Ayurvedic pharmacy for drug manufacturing, a sports medicine unit, a central library, an IT and start-up incubation centre, and a 500-seat auditorium, among other facilities. He inaugurated three medical colleges in Mandsaur, Neemuch, and Seoni in Madhya Pradesh. 

Further, he inaugurated facility and service extensions at various AIIMS locations, including Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh, Kalyani in West Bengal, Patna in Bihar, Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Guwahati in Assam, and in New Delhi, which will also include a Jan Aushadhi Kendra.

The PM inaugurated a Super Specialty Block at Government Medical College in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, and a Critical Care Block in Bargarh, Odisha. 

He also laid the foundation stone for five nursing colleges in Shivpuri, Ratlam, Khandwa, Rajgarh, and Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh; 21 Critical Care Blocks in Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, and Rajasthan under the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM); and several facilities and service extensions at AIIMS in New Delhi and Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.

Prime Minister Modi inaugurated an ESIC Hospital in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, and laid the foundation stone for ESIC hospitals in Faridabad, Haryana; Bommasandra and Narasapur in Karnataka; Indore in Madhya Pradesh; Meerut in Uttar Pradesh; and Atchutapuram in Andhra Pradesh. 

These projects will bring healthcare benefits to around 55 lakh ESI beneficiaries.  

(ANI)