Dr Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates CGHS Wellness Centre in Silchar
“The new CGHS centre will provide quality
healthcare to a large population in and around Silchar”
Three times expansion in CGHS Wellness Centres; Cities covered under CGHS have
increased from 25 in 2014 to 75 now: Dr Mansukh Mandaviya
“Health Ministry working on CGHS grievance redressal, timely reimbursements and
prompt clearance of CGHS Bills to enhance quality and coverage of CGHS services”
“In a significant achievement to strengthening the country’s health
infrastructure and accessibility to CGHS services, there has been a threefold
increase in the number of Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Wellness
Centres. The cities covered by CGHS Wellness Centres have has grown from 25 in
2014 to 75 now. This is in line with vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji
to provide easily accessible healthcare services closer to the communities”.
This was stated by Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Mansukh
Mandaviya while inaugurating a CGHS Wellness Centre in Silchar today virtually
in the presence of Dr Rajdeep Roy, MP (LS) and Dipayan Chakraborty, MLA from Silchar,
Assam.
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Mandaviya reiterated the
commitment of the Central Government to providing easily accessible quality
healthcare services to the beneficiaries. He stated that the new CGHS centre at
Silchar will provide healthcare services to serving and retired Central
Government employees residing not only in Silchar but the neighboring districts
of Karimganj and Hailakandi and the Barak Valley. He pointed out that despite
Silchar being one of the major cities in Barak Valley, beneficiaries had to
travel more than 180 km to avail of CGHS facilities from Aizawl or 208 km to
Shillong. The new Wellness Centre would cater to the medical needs of several
thousands of beneficiaries and would mitigate their hardships, as they will not
be required to travel to such far away places now. The Wellness Centre will
provide outpatient services including medicines, referral for investigations as
well as indoor treatment at Government and EmpanelledHospitals. Cashless
facilities for treatment will be provided in empanelled Hospitals.
Dr Mandaviya added that “With the new CGHS Wellness Centre, Silchar is
the third city in Assam after Guwahati and Dibrugarh to have CGHS facilities.
The Wellness Centre is one of the 16 new CGHS centres being set up across
thecountry in the Government’s endeavour to expand the coverage and improve the
accessibility of CGHS services”. The Union Health Ministry is working on
several fronts to improve the services being provided by CGHS to its
beneficiaries. Grievance redressal by daily monitoring in mission mode,
expediting bill reimbursements, expanding network of private hospital
empanelment and other steps have led to quick reimbursements and a decrease in
pendency of such cases, he highlighted.
Dr Mandaviya also stated that Government of India has taken several
steps to boost the health infrastructures in the country. Rs. 64,000 cr under
PM-ABHIM (Prime Minister- Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission), Rs.
15,000 cr. under ECRP-I and Rs. 23,000 cr under ECRP-II have been approved for
strengthening health infrastructure in the states.
The Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) was started in 1954 with the
objective of providing comprehensive health care to Central Government
employees and pensioners and their dependent family members. Currently more
than 41 lakh beneficiaries in 75 cities are covered by this scheme.
Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, Alok
Saxena, Additional Secretary, MoHFW, Dr Nikhilesh Chandra, Director CGHS along
with Central Govt officials, CGHS beneficiaries were present at the event.