Comments on Central Government Health Scheme

I PREMASRINIVASAN PENSIONER RETIRED FROM POSTAL DEPARTMENT AND RESIDING AT NON-CGHS AREA AT CHROMPET RECEIVING RS.300/ AS FMA. ONLY, BUT AS I AM SUFFERING WITH BLOODPRESSURE,DIABITIC AND ORTHO PROBLEM IHAVE TO SPEND 2000/ PER MONTH FOR MEDICINE. NOW I REGUEST TOHELP TO JOIN TO CGHS SCHEME

could cghs beneficiary(pensioner) approach cghs approved hospitals directly for treatment?

Thanks for giving us a forum to know about the complicated procedures of cghs. If the beneficiary of the cghs facility wants to do angiography and angioplasty / bypass surgery in a hospital of his choice rather than in one of the empanelled hospitals due to poor health service provided by the empanelled hospital, then is he entitled for reiumbursement of the medical expenses. Can an advance be obtained from the concerned office for such a treatment ?
Pls advise
By Suryaprakash Sharma, mumbai
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when an central Govt. employee is reffered by the department's medical officer to an CGHS APPROVED HOSPITAL for consultation/treatment in OPD, Do you need to take leave for the purpose/ treated on duty.

I retired in Feb.2004 and was granted med. allowance Rs100 as I could not then apply for CGHS card.More than six yearss after my retirement, I have felt the need to have the card. But the rate of contribution has been raised steeply. I now wish to avail life long facility but the lump-sum contribution becomes too much. Is there any relief to those who have already missed out opportunity for more than six years and can now avail facilty for lesser number of years?Dhirendra Mishra

Since all beneficiries not aware of the procedures, all concerned dispenceries should display a chart of procedures to be followed by a beneficiery to get his job done with a list ofconnected documents required to be attached.

Sir,

The specialists of Medical College, Jabalpur have advised my wife who had a heart attack to have an angiograph done at Spandan Heart Hospital, Nagpur. The Joint Director,CGHS has provisioned payment of angiograph fee but no provision has been made for claim of TA/DA, which is to be made for cities where no facilities exist for the above investigation/treatment. In addition the hospital should claim for charges from
The Joint Director,CGHS. Kindly be kind enough to to clarify and reply to me soon.

Thanks so much for covering the CGHS scheme in this wonderful website. I have one query and that is why the retired employees of the Postal department of India ( My uncle who is now 78 is a pensioner belonging to the Chennai Postal department) are not covered under the CGHS scheme? Is there any way this scheme can be extended to them and who can give the correct picture about this issue. I desperately need to know the answer to this query and would be extremely obliged if I can get the reply at the earliest.
thanks
Nirmala