Guwahati, Aug. 13 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare has described the state's model of allowing public hospitals to retain and reinvest AB-PMJAY reimbursements in infrastructure, medical equipment and patient welfare as a "highly pragmatic and replicable model."

Sarma said the committee has also recommended that the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issue standard operating procedures (SOPs) to enable public hospitals across the country to adopt the approach.

In an X post, the Assam Chief Minister expressed gratitude to the committee's chairman and its members for recognising the state's efforts.

"I am pleased to learn that the Parliamentary...