Jharkhand
Low Patient Turnout at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs
- 08 Oct 2025
- 2 min read
Why in News?
Ayushman Arogya Mandirs operating under the National AYUSH Mission in Barharwa block, Jharkhand, are witnessing low patient footfall. Despite free treatment services, the centers are underutilized due to a lack of awareness, inadequate infrastructure, a shortage of doctors and staff, and the unavailability of essential medicines.
Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs)
- About: AAM is an attempt to move from a selective approach to health care to deliver a comprehensive range of services spanning preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative care.
- Components: It has two components that are complementary to each other.
- Under its first component, 1,50,000 Ayushman Arogya Mandir will be created to deliver Comprehensive Primary Health Care, which is universal and free to users, with a focus on wellness and the delivery of an expanded range of services closer to the community.
- The second component is the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) which provides health insurance cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per year to over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families for seeking secondary and tertiary care.
- Significance: AAMs are envisaged to deliver an expanded range services that go beyond Maternal and child health care services to include care for non-communicable diseases, palliative and rehabilitative care, Oral, Eye and ENT care, mental health and first-level care for emergencies and trauma, including free essential drugs and diagnostic services.
National AYUSH Mission (NAM)
- About: It is a Centrally Sponsored scheme which was approved and notified in 2014.
- Objective: The basic objective of NAM is to promote AYUSH Medical Systems through cost-effective AYUSH Services, strengthening of educational systems, facilitate the enforcement of quality control of Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani & Homeopathy (ASU & H Drugs) and sustainable availability of ASU & H raw- materials.
