Transgender persons will get composite health-care services under Ayushman Bharat- PMJAY with new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed, on August 24, between National Health Authority (NHA) under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE).
Hailing this as a one of its kind MoU in the country which will give impetus to ensuring rightful and respectable place for transgender community by accessing health-care services under AB-PMJAY Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya said this MOU has laid the foundation for a landmark transformational reform in the society.
Dr. Mandaviya said that today’s MoU will extend all health-care benefits to transgender persons (holding a transgender certificate issued by the National Portal for transgender persons) across the country.
