NEW DELHI : Around 2,300 patients have availed treatment for COVID-19 free of cost in various hospitals while over 3,000 people have been tested for the infection in the last one and half months under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme, officials said on Thursday.
A call centre at the National Health Authority (NHA), which is the agency responsible for implementing the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY), is also being used as a COVID-19 help centre and more than 600 to 700 dedicated agents are answering calls from citizens, they said.
The NHA has also made calls to disseminate information on a precaution advisory to beneficiaries of the scheme who are at a higher risk of contracting the novel coronavirus.