00:01Alright, moving on to yet another India Today impact.
00:04Days after we exposed in fact about how Ayushpan Bharati Yojana had impaneled hospitals
00:10where either treatment was being denied or illegally charging of beneficiaries was taking place.
00:16The Punjab government has now issued a show cause notice to two hospitals that were shown in that investigation.
00:23JAP Diagnostics in Ziragpur and Indus International Hospital in Derabassi.
00:28The Madhipati government has directed both hospitals to explain why Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries were refused treatment,
00:35also warning that strict action will follow if their responses are found to be unsatisfactory.
00:43Remember, on this program just last week when we brought this news,
00:47the Punjab health minister had said that he will take action.
00:51This is what he had said.
00:52So the last report that you saw there, a doctor who owns one of those hospitals says very clearly
01:00that they already have a lot of pending payment coming in from the government
01:04and which is why he simply cannot afford to run the hospital this way.
01:08If you look at the numbers as well,
01:10a total allocation of 9,406 crore was made in the union budget last year.
01:16It has already been increased by 29%.
01:19You know, budget is around the corner.
01:21We are expecting another increase to happen over there.
01:23A lot of this allocation goes directly to the states.
01:26I am trying to understand where is this money going?
01:29I will tell you,
01:31the very scheme of the central government is faulty.
01:35You see, central government owes Punjab 300 crore rupees.
01:38When we, you see, raise the will,
01:41they are supposed to give, it's a 60-40 scheme.
01:44Central government 60%,
01:45state government 40%.
01:47But they gave us only,
01:49they say that we have a budget of 105 crores for Punjab.
01:53They have a limit.
01:54So they say it's a central government scheme.
01:57So they limit the budget,
01:59but they only actually pay us 20%.
02:01So all the states are suffering because of that.
02:04This scheme is like any other scheme, you see,
02:06smart city, you see the condition of smart city Gurugram,
02:09Delhi, or any other smart city.
02:12So they announced the scheme with big fanfare,
02:15but they don't give the matching grant,
02:17which should be there.
02:18How can they fix the budget?
02:20It has to be 60%
02:21because so many people are covered with that
02:2416 lakh families in Punjab.
02:27Now we are going to give it
02:29to the entire population of Punjab
02:32and we have already kept 1200 crores for that.
02:34So the money does not come.
02:37Their portal was not coming and working.
02:39So most of the problems are with the central and that change.
02:42So states suffer because state has to,
02:44we have to face the,
02:45you see,
02:45people when they come for treatment,
02:48the money does not come from the center.
02:51So the problem is...
02:51Have you raised this issue with the center, sir?
02:53We are again going into Amati party versus BJP over here.
02:57Would you say this is the issue only with Punjab
02:59or would you say this exists across states as well?
03:03I am not saying that.
03:04I am saying that there are often delays.
03:07There are often delays
03:08and the money allocated is much less
03:10than what is the share of the center.
03:13These are facts.
03:13I can give you the facts.
03:15I have met the Honourable Union Health Minister twice for this.
03:18I have written DO letters for this.
03:19I can share with you.
03:22You see,
03:22they told us to get the UC audit done
03:25for the previous year for the Congress's name.
03:26All right.
03:29So that was the health minister over there.
03:30In fact,
03:30in the process of that interview,
03:32we did,
03:32you know,
03:33highlight the names of the hospitals
03:34and he said that he will take action.
03:36Very happy to see that that action has been taken.
03:39But remember,
03:40Ayushman's scheme is much more complicated than that.
03:43The hospitals often complain
03:44that there is no reimbursement happening from the government,
03:46which is why they can't offer these services.
03:48But that's a story we'll take on another day.
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