Dimapur, Feb. 15 -- The Kohima bench of Gauhati High Court directed the private hospitals in Nagaland to continue health services under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMAY) and Chief Minister Health Insurance Scheme (CMHIS).

The HC asked for the continuation as an interim measure in the interest of the public and to keep the health care system uninterrupted.

Hearing a PIL filed by a health activist on hindered implementation of the schemes in the state and non-payment of claims to empanelled hospitals by the insurance company concerned, a division bench of Justice LS Jamir and Justice Kakheto Sema on Friday directed the NPDA to continue all the services to the eligible beneficiaries under the AB-PMJAY/CMHIS in ...