Union Cabinet chaired by the PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved universal health coverage for all senior citizens above 70 years of age irrespective of income.
The hospital's staff told the officials that Dr Salma Nasir runs the hospital. The health department team also found an illegal pathology lab being run in the hospital.
The infected blood scandal began in the 1970s and involved using contaminated blood products and transfusions. People suffering from haemophilia and those who underwent surgery and childbirth were the prime victims of the scandal.
The Union government provides ₹5 lakh health cover per family each year to the beneficiaries under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).
Over 4 crore digital health records of individuals have been linked to the Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) accounts under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)
AIIMS, Bilaspur, built at a cost of over Rs 1,470 crore, is a state-of-the-art hospital with 18 specialty and 17 super-specialty divisions, 18 modular operation theatres, and 750 beds, including 64 ICU beds.