PM- Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) Scheme:
The Delhi High Court has recently ordered signing of an MoU between Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Delhi Government for implementing PM- Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) scheme in the national capital.
- It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) with some Central Sector (CS) Components which has an outlay of Rs. 64,180 Crores for the scheme period (2021-22 to 2025-26).
- It is the largest pan-India scheme for strengthening healthcare infrastructure across the country.
- The measures under the scheme focus on developing capacities of health systems and institutions across the continuum of care at all levels viz. primary, secondary and tertiary level and on preparing health systems in responding effectively to the current and future pandemics/disasters.
- The objective of the scheme is to fill critical gaps in health infrastructure, surveillance and health research – spanning both the urban and rural areas.
- The following are the components under CS Component of the scheme:
- 12 Central Institutions as training and mentoring sites with 150 bedded Critical Care Hospital Blocks (CCBs);
Strengthening of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 5 New Regional NCDCs and 20 metropolitan health surveillance units; - Expansion of the Integrated Health Information Portal to all States/UTs to connect all public health labs;
- Operationalization of 17 new Public Health Units and strengthening of 33 existing Public Health Units at Points of Entry, that is at 32 Airports, 11 Seaports and 7 land crossings;
- Setting up of 15 Health Emergency Operation Centres and 2 container based mobile hospitals; and
- Setting up of a national institution for One Health, 4 New National Institutes for Virology, a Regional Research Platform for WHO South East Asia Region and 9 Biosafety Level III laboratories.
- 12 Central Institutions as training and mentoring sites with 150 bedded Critical Care Hospital Blocks (CCBs);
