The State Government, in a fresh circular issued here, has approved 16 more hospitals in Chhattisgarh and 29 hospitals outside the State for providing treatment facilities to its employees and their dependants from April 2013 to March 2014.
According to health department officers, the State government has decided to give recognition only to such private hospitals which have been registered under the National Health Insurance Scheme and Mukhyamantri Health Insurance Scheme, for the treatment of Government employees and their dependants. Those private hospitals, which have not registered under these two insurance schemes, would not be eligible for the treatment of Government employees and their dependants, they added.
The Chhattisgarh Government, under the National Health Insurance Scheme and Mukhyamantri Health Insurance Scheme, has provided health insurance cover of maximum Rs 30,000 per year to all the beneficiary families in the state, having a maximum five members. Under these two schemes, free treatment facilities were being provided to the beneficiaries in the registered government private hospitals in the state.
The 16 private hospital, which have been approved through the circular for the treatment of Government employees and their dependants for the year 2013-14 are – Balgopal Children Hospital, Narayana Hospital, Sree Maa Sharda Arogya Hospital, Raipur Stone Clinic, Farista Nursing Home, Vijay Durga Hospital, City Hospital, Zaulkar Hospital, Mittal Institute of Medical Science, Kalda Hospital and Raipur Hospital and Research Centre (all in Raipur); KIMS BSR Hospital Bilaspur, Metro Hospital Raigarh, Bastar Seva Hospital Jagadalpur, Dhamtari Christian Hospital Dhamtari and Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Hospital Bhilai.
The 29 private hospitals approved outside the State are – AIIMS, GB Pant Hospital, lNTP Hospital, Escort Heart Institute, Batra Hospital, Sir Gangaram Hospital, Indraprasth Apolo Hospital and Metro Hospital Noida ( all in New Delhi); BHU Hospital Varanasi; KEM Hospital, Bombay Hospital, Jaslok Hospital, BYl Nair Hospital, Tata Memorial Hospital, Nanavati Hospital and leelavati Hospital (all in Mumbai); Chittirathirunal Institute Trivandrum, CMC Vellore; Nizam Institute, Medvin Hospital and Yashoda Hospital (all in Hyderabad); Pandaliya Cardio-Thorasic Foundation, Apolo Hospital and Shankar Netralaya (all in Chennai); PGI Hospital lucknow; Southern Railway Hospital Perampur and Spandan Heart Institute and Research Centre Nagpur. Besides, Choitram Hospital Indore has been approved only for health check-up.
It has been mentioned in the circular that it would be mandatory for the government servants and their dependant family members to obtain permission from the civil surgeon of the district concerned for their treatment in the private hospitals within the State, recognised by the State Government.
In emergency situation, the director health services Raipur and the head of the department concerned should be informed compulsorily, within 48 hours of starting the treatment.
For availing treatment in the hospitals approved outside state, it will be mandatory to obtain the referral certificate from the Referral Committee of the Medical College and pre-permission from the director Medical Education.