NCCPA Secretary General consulted the President NCCPA and Secretary Staff Side JCM Comrade Shiva Gopal Mishra on CGHS related issues during Corona. The following letter has been written accordingly to Government by the Staff Side Secretary NC JCM:
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Shiva
Gopal Mishra
Secretary
No.NC-JCM-2020/Health May,20,
2020
To
The Secretary,
Government of India,
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
Nirman Bhawan,
New Delhi. 110001
Dear Sir,
Sub: health care facilities
for the Central Government Employees and pensioners – problems and difficulties
During lock down period –
redressal regarding.
It has been brought to our
notice by various Federations/organizations of Central Government employees and
Pensioners that they face serious problems in accessing the health care related
facilities during the lockdown period throughout the country. As you are aware that since 24th
March, 2020, the whole country has been placed under lock down to combat the
spread of the pandemic COVID.19. The
employees and especially the pensioners are not allowed to stir out of their
homes. In the case of employees, they
are allowed to go only to the places where they are assigned specific
jobs. This apart, the CGHS dispensaries themselves
had been functioning with little staff and virtually they were open for name-
sake only. Neither the medicines were
available nor the doctor. In the case
of those employees, who are entitled for the benefit of CCS(MA) rules, the
situation was much more precarious in as much as no private clinic was allowed
to be open and the AMAs were not allowed private practice. The Government hospitals in most of the cases
had been declared as exclusive Covid 19
hospitals where other treatments are declared impermissible.
Initially everybody thought that
the situation would be a passing phase and would improve once the pandemic spread is arrested. However, despite the lock down and other
measures, the spread of the disease had been on increase in many parts of the
country, with the result the lock down had to be extended to the fourth phase. In the situation in which we are placed, it
is difficult to bring about normalcy in the near future. Perhaps till
the anti virus vaccine is developed or medicine to cure the disease is
invented, the world will have to live
with certain restrictions to contain the deadly nature of the disease. In the circumstances, we are afraid that the
Government will have to think in terms of alternative methods of providing the
health care facilities for the employees and pensioners keeping the present
rules and regulations under suspension.
We, therefore, make the
following suggestions to have hassle free alternate arrangements till normalcy is restored or travel restrictions
are eased.
When in patient treatment becomes
necessary:
(i)CGHS
beneficiaries(including pensioners): may
be allowed to undergo treatment any private hospital nearby their
residence. The cost of treatment will be
reimbursed by the concerned department in the case of employees and CGHS in the
case of pensioners The Govt. may direct
all hospitals to provide treatment to all CGEs and CG pensioners and they might
be told that the rates stipulated by AIIMS
Delhi must be the basis of billing. The hospitals may be asked to submit
the bills to the concerned department/Addl.Director, CGHS as the case may be for payment.
(ii)The
treatment has to be based on the production of the CGHS card.
Non-CGHS patients:
(i)They
may also avail the same facility as the CGHS beneficiaries. i.e.in any
hospitals near their residence. Their admission will be based on the basis of a
certificate of identity issued by the department in which he/she is employed.
Out-patient treatment.
(i)Out
patient treatment for employees may be provided by the private hospitals on the basis of a pre determined rate of
consultation.
(ii)The
employees will submit the bills and get the cost reimbursed
Pensioners. (out patient
treatment)
(i)In
the case of pensioners who require
outpatient treatment, they may be permitted to avail either the CGHS
facilities, if it is nearby their residence or in any private hospitals, which
is near to their residence. Those who
avail the private hospital facilities may submit their bills to the additional
director pension for reimbursement. The private hospitals throughout the
country may be asked to provide the O.P.
treatment to CG employees and pensioners on the basis of a predetermined
consultation fees and stipulated charges for pathological tests.
We
request you to kindly consider these suggestion and issue necessary orders.
Thanking
you,
Yours
faithfully,
Sd/-
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
Secretary
