Railway Board - Simplification Of Process Of Railway Medical Beneficiary

Treatment of Patient (Railway Medical Beneficiary) to other Railway Hospital with or without Referral

Railway Board - Uniformity And Renewal Of Medical Identity Cards

Railway Board - Uniformity And Renewal Of Medical Identity Cards

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

RAILWAY BOARD

No.2018/Trans.Cell/Health/Medical Cards

New Delhi, dated: 08.06.2018

The General Manager, All Indian Railways/PUs, NF(Con), CORE

The DG/RDSO/Lucknow, DG/NAIR/Vadodara

CAOs,DMW/Patiala, WPO/Patna, COFMOW/NDLS, RWP/Bela, CAO/IROAF

Sub: Medical Identity Cards — Uniformity and renewal

For bringing uniformity in the Medical Identity Cards issued to employees and other beneficiaries on Indian Railways, Board (MS, FC & CRB) have approved the following.

1. The Medical Identity Card should be a plastic based card, the size of which should be same as that of the debit/credit cards issued by banks.

2. A strip at the top of the card should have different color for serving and retired employees and their dependents as per extant instructions on color of Medical Identity Cards.

3. A separate Medical Identity Card, with unique all India number, should be issued to the employee as well as each dependent. The card of the dependent may also bear the Medical Card number of the primary serving/retired employee. The numbering scheme is to be decided by Establishment Directorate.

4. The level of entitlement of employee, which indicates the level of facilities to be provided to the beneficiaries, should be indicated on the card. The pattern being used by CGHS may be adopted with suitable modifications, if required. Health directorate may decide the same.

5. The Medical Identity Card for beneficiaries upto the age of 15 years should be made valid for 5 years, after which these should be renewed. For beneficiaries above the age of 15 years, the Medical Identity Card should be renewed on attaining the age of 40 years and at the time of retirement. The Medical Identity Card should also be reissued on change of level of entitlement.

6. Only bare minimum information of the beneficiary may be visible on the card. The following data may be printed on the card:

• a. The name of the Railway
• b. Medical Card Number
• c. Name & Medical Card Number of the Primary holder in case of card of dependent
• d. Name of the card holder
• e. Year of Birth
• f. Date of validity of the card
• g. Level of entitlement of medical facilities
• h. Health Unit
• i. Blood Group
• j. Photograph
• k. Signature/LTI of the beneficiary
• l. Signature/Designation of issuing authority
• m. Electronic Card reading may be incorporated where such systems are implemented.

This issues with the concurrence of Associate Finance of Transformation Cell of Railway Board.

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(Rajesh Gupta)

Executive Director

Transformation Cell

Source: http://www.indianrailways.gov.in

Railway Board - Treatment of Railway medical beneficiaries at Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai

Treatment of Railway medical beneficiaries at Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

RAILWAY BOARD

No. 2014/H/15/I/AIRF

New Delhi, dated 27.04.2018

General Manager(s)

All Indian Railways,

(facluding PUs and RDSO)

Sub: Treatment of Railway medical beneficiaries at Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai – Reg.

M/s Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai has been accorded permanent recognition for cancer treatment of Railway medical beneficiaries. Such beneficiaries are referred to Tata Memorial Centre through Central/Western Railways. In many cases, it is noted that when cancer patients from zones other than Central and Western Railways are referred to Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai, they have to go back to parent zones for getting approval of expenses if the amount of advance to be sanctioned for treatment exceeds certain limit. Such situations put unnecessary hardship to Railway medical beneficiaries who have to run from Mumbai to their parent zones located at far-off places for getting necessary approvals. In view of this, the issue of providing a permanent relief in such situations has been under consideration of Railway Board for sometime.

After careful consideration in the matter, it has now been decided that the proposals for sanction of advance in favour of Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai in cases of Railway medical beneficiaries from all zones who have initially been referred to TMH/Mumbai by Central/Western Railway and have been recommended Bone Marrow Transplant (MBT) by TMH/Mumbai, will be processed and advance sanctioned with the approval of Competent Authorities of Central/Western Railways through whom the patient has been referred to the hospital. After sanction, Central/Western Railway will raise debit to the concerned zone which that zone would be bound to accept. The sanction of advance amount will be limited to the financial limit contained in PGI/Chandigarh letter dated 28.10.2016 (copy enclosed) or subsequent instruction on the subject of BMT issued by CGHS. Also, before sanction of medical advance, an undertaking may be obtained from railway medical beneficiary to the effect that charges incurred on treatment beyond the prescribed financial limit for BMT procedure will be borne by him/her and no reimbursement claim to the effect will be preferred.

This issues with the approval of Finance Directorate in the Ministry of Railways.

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(R.S.Shukla)

Joint Director/Health

Railway Board

Source: http://www.rscws.com