Chandigarh, March 21 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said that 25 lakh beneficiaries have registered under the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana in the state. The scheme, rolled out two months ago, offers cashless treatment of up to Rs.10 lakh. Mann said that around 900 government and private hospitals across Punjab and Chandigarh had been empanelled, and over 1.6 lakh people had already received treatment. He added that the state government allocated "Rs.1,200 crore for the scheme for the financial year 2025-26 and Rs.2,000 crore for 2026-27. The scheme covers 2,356 medical and surgical procedures. Raising concern over misinformation, Mann said those spreading canards about this scheme did not want to see Punjab healthy. "These misnomers are aimed at discouraging people from availing its benefits, which is unwarranted," he said at a press conference here. Mann added that the state had witnessed the largest recruitment of doctors in its history since 2022, including 948 general doctors and 627 specialists, accounting for 35% of total government doctor recruitment in over 75 years. Health minister Balbir Singh was also present....