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Maharashtra becomes the first state in India to offer a universal healthcare policy, co-branding two schemes -- the Center's Ayushman Bharat and the state’s Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jan Arogya Yojana. The revamped scheme will provide INR 5 lakh ($6,900) cover for 120 million (12 crore) citizens and will cover 1,900 ailments. Maharashtra’s existing MJPJAY scheme, implemented by the National Health Authority, has 22.2 million (2.22 crore) beneficiaries and provides health cover of ₹ 5 Lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization. The number of impaneled hospitals for the scheme will be increased, as will the rural healthcare infrastructure, said deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. A 50-bed critical care unit in each district in the state will be opened which will be equipped with oxygen and ventilator and other things required for critical care management of patients.
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