No one should be denied medicine, hospital or vaccine for want of Aadhaar: UIDAI

The Unique Identification Authority of India clarified in a statement on Saturday that the twelve-digit Aadhaar number is not mandatory for availing any vaccine, medicine, hospitalization or treatment and no one should be denied any service for “want of Aadhaar”.

This comes after there were reports that people were getting essential services like hospitalization, vaccination and oxygen supplies denied if they did not show their Aadhaar.