Punjab’s State Health Agency has reported that 135 patients received free, cashless cardiac treatment under a government scheme. The beneficiaries included patients with congenital heart defects, valve disorders, and other complex cardiac conditions, showing the scheme’s role in financing high-cost tertiary care.

Punjab’s State Health Agency placed the update in the context of a government health scheme that covered cardiac procedures without cash payment at the point of care. The reported conditions were not limited to one category of heart disease; they included structural defects present from birth, valve-related illness, and other complicated cardiac cases.

What happened

Punjab’s State Health Agency said the treatment was delivered through a government health scheme that covered cardiac procedures without cash payment at the point of care. The reported conditions were not limited to one category of heart disease; they included structural defects present from birth, valve-related illness, and other complicated cardiac cases.

Background and earlier position

Publicly funded health assurance schemes in India are meant to lower out-of-pocket expenditure and improve access to secondary and tertiary care. In such schemes, the policy idea is simple: a patient should be able to receive treatment without first arranging large sums of money, especially for expensive procedures such as cardiac intervention.

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