The State Health Authority (SHA) responsible for implementation of Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana (AAUY) in the State has extended the last date of making the golden cards for the scheme.

The date has been extended till January 25. On Saturday, the chairman of the SHA, D K Kotia took a review of the progress of the special campaign to prepare the golden cards.

He was informed that under the campaign which started on November 25, 2019, a total of 2.35 Lakh new golden cards have been prepared and 35.83 Lakh golden cards have so far been prepared under the AAUY.

He said that the public representatives are organising special camps in their areas for making golden cards. Kotia said that the last date for making the cards has been extended as many families residing in remote areas are yet to come under the umbrella of AAUY.

The SHA has deployed ASHA workers and Arogya Mitras in the campaign of preparing cards and they are offered special incentives for making golden card.

Launched on December 25, 2018, the Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana provides a cover of Rs  5 lakh per annum to all 23 lakh families of Uttarakhand in the

panelled hospitals under the scheme. Patients can avail benefit of the scheme for 1350 types of diseases in these hospitals.

For treatment in the private empanelled hospitals, the patients are needed to be referred from the government hospitals.

However in the case of emergency, the patients can directly get admitted in the panelled hospitals.

A total of 101 government and 74 private hospitals so far have been included in the panel for the scheme.