Government seeks info as 72-year-old ends life 'after PMJAY snub'

New Delhi: The Union health ministry has sought a detailed report from Karnataka government on denial of benefits under Ayushman Bharat - PM Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) to a 72-year-old man who died by suicide on Dec 25.

Reportedly, the state govt-run Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology in Bengaluru, declined to provide him Rs 5 lakh cover under AB-PMJAY for which he had enrolled himself stating that the orders in this regard had not arrived yet from local authorities. "This is a very serious matter. We have sought a detailed report from the state govt on denial of benefits under AB-PMJAY to the elderly patient who died by suicide," said a senior official in the health ministry.