Facilities to CGHS Beneficiaries: Whether only senior officials to get treatment abroad?

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 4675

ANSWERED ON 21.02.2014

4675 . Shri VIRENDRA KUMAR

M. K. RAGHAVAN

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government has allowed only senior officials to get treated for their illness from abroad and if so, the reasons therefor and the details of the foreign treatment availed by senior officers during each of the last three years and the current year; 

(b) whether the serving employees of his Ministry are enjoying cashless treatment from empanelled hospitals whereas the other serving Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) beneficiaries have to pay and get it reimbursed thereafter;