Jammu, Feb. 11 -- Private hospitals across the country are involved in making money through fraudulent means by presenting fake bills under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) which was launched for the economically weaker sections of society.
Private hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir too have followed the footsteps of their counterparts in other parts of the country and have committed alleged fraud worth Rs 11.82 crore by presenting fake and fraudulent bills under this scheme.
Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Pratap Rao Jadhav said that as many as 2. 7 lakh fake claims worth Rs 562. 4 crores made by private hospitals, were detected by the authorities. Out of t...