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MP to cover heart, liver, lung transplants under Ayushman scheme
Madhya Pradesh is set to include heart, liver and lung transplants under the Ayushman Bharat Niramayam scheme for the first time, with a proposed cap of Rs 10 lakh per transplant instead of the current Rs 5 lakh annual limit. A specialist committee will assess costs for surgery, tests, ICU, medicines and post-operative care before finalising the package rates for the three procedures.
Currently, kidney transplants cost Rs 3 to 5.5 lakh in government hospitals and Rs 15 to 20 lakh in private hospitals, while liver, heart and lung transplants run far higher, especially in private facilities. Experts have also urged the scheme to cover the full cancer treatment cycle from diagnosis through surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy and follow-up, rather than only selected therapies.
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Including these high-cost transplants in Ayushman could be a major relief for financially weak patients who delay or forgo treatment. However, the proposed Rs 10 lakh cap may still fall short of private-hospital costs, which range from Rs 40 to 50 lakh for a heart transplant to Rs 60 to 70 lakh for a lung transplant. The specialist committee's package recommendation will determine how much of the actual expense gets covered. Separately, AIIMS Bhopal will train doctors across government medical colleges on brain-death confirmation, donor identification, family counselling and organ preservation, a step towards strengthening the transplant pipeline.
Source: bhaskar.com
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