The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is providing free treatment facilities to central government employees and their families in selected private hospitals under the ‘Central Government Health Scheme CGHS’. This scheme was started so that the burden of patients in government hospitals could be reduced and more than 45 lakh central employees of the country could get better treatment on time. It has now decided to open a wellness center at CGHS Silchar as well.
In pursuance of the decision taken by the Government on recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission, the following 33 (thirty-three) postal dispensaries presently functioning in 33 Cities i.e. Agra, Ajmer, Aligarh, Ambala, Amritsar, Bareilly, Behrampur, Chhapra, Cuttack, Darbhanga, Dhanbad, Dibrugarh, Gaya, Gorakhpur, Guntur, Jalandhar, Jalpaiguri, Jodhpur, Kota, Moradabad, Muzaffarpur, Nellore, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Saharanpur, Silchar, Siliguri, Tirunelveli, Tiruchirappalli, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam are hereby merged with the CGHS
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Central employees will not have to deviate from rate to rate for treatment. To avail of this scheme, a CGHS card is required, through which they can avail of free treatment facilities in government hospitals and get a discount on the fees of that hospital for treatment in private hospitals.
Documents required for CGHS card
- Proof of Residence.
- Evidence of dependents living.
- Proof of son’s age.
- Disability certificate from the competent authority, in the case of a dependent son who is more than 25 years of age.
A CGHS card is required
One had to first take the number from the dispensary counter to take advantage of this scheme. They often had to stand in long lines and wait for the number to be taken. But now there is no need to stand in line. Now CGHS plastic cards are being given to the employees so that they can get free treatment in any corner of the country.
Merger of 33 Postal Dispensaries with CGHS – DOP Order (Along With CGHS Silchar)
No.2-3/2009-Medical
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi – 110 001
Dated: 2 January, 2019
To
All Chief Postmasters General/Postmasters General
Sub:- Merger of 33 postal dispensaries with CGHS-reg.
Sir/Madam,
I am directed to forward herewith a copy of Order No. S.11011/01/2016/CGHS-III/EHS dated 21st December 2018 of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on the subject mentioned above for further necessary action at your end.
Yours faithfully
(M.S. Zou)
Assistant Director General (Medical)
CGHS Covered Cities:
This Scheme is available in various cities in the country. These cities are as follows:
- CGHS Agartala
- CGHS Agra
- CGHS Aizawl
- CGHS Ajmer
- CGHS Ahmedabad
- CGHS Allahabad
- CGHS Bhubaneswar
- CGHS Bangalore
- CGHS Bhopal
- CGHS Chennai
- CGHS Chandigarh
- CGHS Dehradun
- CGHS Delhi
- CGHS Faridabad
- CGHS Gurgaon
- CGHS Guwahati
- CGHS Ghaziabad
- CGHS Hyderabad
- CGHS Jabalpur
- CGHS Jaipur
- CGHS Kolkata
- CGHS Kanpur
- CGHS Lucknow
- CGHS Mumbai
- CGHS Meerut
- CGHS Nagpur
- CGHS Noida
- CGHS Pune
- CGHS Patna
- CGHS Ranchi
- CGHS Shillong
- CGHS Thiruvananthapuram or Trivandrum
- CGHS Aligarh
- CGHS Ambala
- CGHS Amritsar
- CGHS Baghpat
- CGHS Bareilly
- CGHS Berhampur
- CGHS Chhapra
- CGHS Cuttack
- CGHS Darbhanga
- CGHS Dhanbad
- CGHS Dibrugarh
- CGHS Gandhinagar
- CGHS Gangtok
- CGHS Gaya
- CGHS Gorakhpur
- CGHS Guntur
- CGHS Gwalior
- CGHS Imphal
- CGHS Indore
- CGHS Indirapuram
- CGHS Jalandhar
- CGHS Jammu
- CGHS Jalpaiguri
- CGHS Jodhpur
- CGHS Kohima
- CGHS Kota
- CGHS Moradabad
- CGHS Muzzafarpur
- CGHS Nellore
- CGHS Panaji
- CGHS Puducherry
- CGHS Raipur
- CGHS Rajahmundry
- CGHS Saharanpur
- CGHS Visakhapatnam
- CGHS Shimla
- CGHS Silchar
- CGHS Sonepat
- CGHS Srinagar
- CGHS Varanasi
- CGHS Vijayawada
- CGHS Tiruchirapalli
- CGHS Tirunelveli
- CGHS Tirupati
- CGHS Vishakhapatnam
Soon to be Started
- CGHS Kochi
- CGHS Kannur
- CGHS Kozikoda