by Punjabnewswire4u (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 21
More than 70000 police personnel of Punjab Government got a Holi bonanza as the Punjab Government approved cash less insurance scheme for them as well as their families and dependents, replacing the cumbersome medical reimbursement scheme.
According to an official spokesman in a first of initiative of its own kind in the country each personnel has been insured for Rs. 2 Lakh per year and this insurance would also cover surgeries having less than 24 hour hospitalization in the cases of Dialysis, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Eye Surgery, Lithotripsy, Tonsillectomy and Coronary Angiography. The spokesman clarified that despite this cash less insurance cover each police personnel would continue to get monthly fixed medical allowance as per existing norms.
The spokesman said that the Punjab Government has already sanctioned Rs. 25 crore for this scheme and Punjab Police has already invited expression of interest from reputed insurance companies to handle this gigantic task.
He further said that the selected insurance company would be responsible for providing and implementing a Health Insurance cover against treatment requiring indoor hospitalization and other listed ailments on cashless basis to the serving 70000 plus employees of Punjab Police Personnel and their family members including dependent parents of the employee. The insurer would be required to form a network of hospitals across the State of Punjab & Chandigarh in particular and in India in general with at least two panel hospitals in each district. It would be imperative for the insurance company that leading Super Specialty Hospitals at all Districts Headquarters for e.g: Fortis Hospital in S.A.S Nagar, Escorts Hospital in Amritsar, DMC Hospital in Ludhiana etc, should form part of the list of the panel hospitals being submitted for the purpose.
The spokesman added that all serving employees of the Punjab Police Department & their dependent family members would be required to be covered on compulsory basis. The family would consist of the spouse of the employee, two dependent children & dependent parents of the employee. Besides this, theexpenses incurred 30 days prior to the date of admission and 60 days from the date of discharged would also be payable pertaining to the hospitalization one has under gone.
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