India, Aug. 12 -- In just six months, 104 private hospitals across the district have been added to the state's flagship health insurance programme, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY), and central government's Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), according to district health officials.

The Public Health department had launched a state-wide drive in January to expand the network of hospitals empanelled under the two schemes, which provide citizens free or cashless treatment on several procedures and surgeries. Since the launch of the campaign, the number of empanelled hospitals in Pune district has increased from 98 to 202, said the officials.

The MJPJAY scheme was launched in 2012 and revamped in 2023 to make it unive...