Seventeen-year-old Pankaj Kumar from Bihar’s Vaishali district died waiting for a bone marrow transplant in AIIMS despite being eligible for assistance under Ayushman Bharat and poor enough for Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN), a scheme meant for below poverty line (BPL) patients. His problem, like several others, was that government rules stipulate that those eligible under Ayushman can’t be assisted through RAN, though the flagship scheme does not cover such transplants.from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/36nZGRY
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