Sir,
law should be amended whereby medical reimbursements at public expense may be abolished for all including those at top posts in legislature and judiciary. If needed, beneficiaries can be given Mediclaim policies for families at public cost. The present system of allowing medical reimbursements at public expense for various functionaries funded by the Central and State Governments including those in their undertakings and Constitutional bodies is at times grossly misused and even provides unmatched medical treatments. There are reports of several crores of rupees claimed as medical reimbursement by certain members of State legislative Assemblies. Many others are entitled to luxurious medical tourism abroad.
All this looks absurd in a country where Government hospitals are usually seen flooded with patients getting dates after dates even for urgent as well as petty aspects like blood tests. In the meanwhile, to have an effective check on misuse of medical reimbursements, all details of the reimbursements must be put on respective websites through legislation in this regard. It has become necessary because of the Supreme Court turning down a CIC order allowing disclosure of medical reimbursement amounts by individual judges
K Ravi, E-237, GGP Colony, Bhubaneswar-751025, Mob: 9437616497.