CGHS Facilities
CGHS is basically providing the dispensary services through its Wellness
Centres manned by the General Duty Medical Officers. However, CGHS also
provides the services of medical specialists through the Polyclinics
and Central Government hospitals.
In addition, the CGHS medical specialists also visit designated
dispensaries on stipulated days in each week to provide medical
consultation to the beneficiaries. Due to shortage of specialists in
CGHS it is practically not feasible and financially viable to provide
Specialist facilities in each CGHS Wellness Centre.
Moreover, CGHS is also engaging contractual specialists against the
vacant posts of specialists to provide the medical consultation services
to its beneficiaries. CGHS has a dedicated wing of specialists at the
Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi for its beneficiaries.
The CGHS beneficiaries are also allowed to consult specialists at Dr.
RML Hospital and other Government hospitals in NCR in respective
specialties. In addition, CGHS has empanelled a large number of private
hospitals to provide inpatient medical care to its beneficiaries on the
advice of Government specialists.
Also, as per the Terms & Conditions for empanelment under CGHS, all
empanelled private hospitals are required to provide credit facilities
to the CGHS beneficiaries in case of emergency. Pensioners and other
specified category of beneficiaries are entitled for credit facilities
under normal circumstances also. Non-compliance of the said provision
attracts penalty as per the Memorandum of Agreement signed by them.
This was stated by Sh Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.
