New Delhi Railways is considering broadening the scope of their treatment by providing health insurance scheme to its 13 lakh employees. Railways gave information about this on Wednesday. Railways said in a statement that it is already providing medical health facilities to its employees and their dependent families through the ‘Railway Employees Liberalized Health Scheme’ and the ‘Central Employees Health Service’ (CGHS). It said, “Indian Railways is now proposing to increase the scope of medical treatment of railway personnel.”
According to the statement, a committee has been constituted to examine all aspects related to the ‘Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme’ for railway personnel. It said that its purpose is to provide insurance cover to them from financial risks during medical, accidental situations etc. It said that the Railways have sought their suggestions and feedback on the proposal from the general managers of all its divisions and production units.
During the epidemic, the Railways has provided more than 6,500 hospital beds for COVID-19 patients across the country. The Indian Railways has 586 health units, 45 sub-divisional hospitals, 56 divisional hospitals, eight production units hospitals and 16 zonal hospitals, with more than 2500 doctors and more than 35,000 Vedic employees across the country.
Source: www.jagran.com
