New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- More than one thousand hospitals across the country have faced actions, ranging from de-empanelment and levying of fines, in connection with irregularities while implementing the Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) since the launch of the scheme, according to the data shared by the Union health ministry in Parliament on Friday. Suitable actions including de-empanelment of 1,114 hospitals, imposition of penalties worth Rs.122 crore on 1,504 errant hospitals and suspension of 549 hospitals have been taken against fraudulent entities as reported by the states and Union Territories, the ministry said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. AB-PMJAY , a flagship scheme of the Centre, was launched in 20...