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CGHS ORDERS - Permission for treatment / investigations in respect of CGHS beneficiaries availing treatment for Diabetes, Hypertension & other Cardiac Diseases, Dialysis and Cancer.
CGHS ORDERS - Permission for treatment / investigations in respect of
CGHS beneficiaries availing treatment for Diabetes, Hypertension &
other Cardiac Diseases, Dialysis and Cancer.
Government of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Department of Health & Family Welfare
S-11045140 /2012/CGHS/HEC/CGHS (P)
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the 1st October, 2012
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Permission for treatment / investigations in respect of CGHS
beneficiaries availing treatment for Diabetes, Hypertension & other
Cardiac Diseases, Dialysis and Cancer.
The undersigned is directed to refer to the subject mentioned above and
to state that at present the CGHS beneficiaries undergoing treatment for
Diabetes, Hypertension & other Cardiac Diseases, Dialysis and
Cancer require repeated investigations / treatment procedures over a
period of time and as per the existing guidelines they are required to
procure permission every time to get the prescribed treatment /
investigations done at CGHS empanelled hospitals /diagnostic centres.
2. With a view to alleviate the inconvenience to CGHS beneficiaries in
obtaining the requisite permission(s) every time, this Ministry has
decided to permit issue of permission (referral) letters by competent
authorities with a validity of six months from the date of issue of the
original prescription for undergoing the prescribed treatment
/investigation procedures to be conducted at the prescribed intervals
over a period of six months as advised by a Government Specialist. The
same permission (referral) letter shall be valid for undergoing the
prescribed treatment procedures / investigations on multiple times
during the six months, at intervals as advised by the Government
Specialist.
sd-
(V.P.Singh)
Deputy Secretary to Government of India
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