NEW DELHI, July 15 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met with Union Health & Family Welfare Minister Shri J.P. Nadda for a courtesy visit to discuss significant enhancements to the state's emergency healthcare services and ongoing medical education projects.
During the meeting, Chief Minister Dhami requested an expansion of the AIIMS Rishikesh-operated air ambulance service, along with the provision of an additional helicopter dedicated to emergency operations in Uttarakhand's difficult and remote mountainous regions. He also urged the Centre to increase the per-family central contribution under the Ayushman Bharat scheme from ?1,052 to ?1,500 for SECC beneficiaries and expressed gratitude for AIIMS specialists' participati...