Diabetes Treatment under CGHS
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 5679
ANSWERED ON: 07.04.2017
Diabetes Treatment under CGHS
RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR
Will the Minister of
HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:-
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is possible to include all Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) hospitals to start diabetic patient treatment at CGHS rate, if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the diabetic treatment comes under Endocrinologist specialist doctor and treatment by such specialist doctors does not comes under CGHS; and
(c) whether the CGHS panel hospital is not given specialist doctor and so they charge fees at least Rs. 1000-1500 per patient who are suffering from diabetes and if so, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)
(a) No, private hospitals are empanelled for specific treatment procedures only which are mainly surgical.
(b) No, diabetic treatment can be prescribed by a Medical Specialist or a General Physician.
(c) Permission can be granted to CGHS beneficiary to obtain consultation for diabetic treatment from CGHS empanelled hospitals in satellite towns of NCR only at CGHS rates if this facility is available there.
Not much explanation about the diabetes treatment, you need to add more content about it.
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CGHS Beneficiary may be provided with the supply of IME 9, an ayurvedic medicine being promoted by Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, for treating diabetic patients covered under CGHS, since the cost of IME9 is expensive. Hence, it is requested to provide IME9 through ayurvedic clinics of CGHS.
but I find CGHS is cumbersome process due to long queues and hassles from running from dispensary to Hospital and collecting medicines. i rather opted for private doctor and the cost of the treatment ranges from 2k to 3k pm. even the quality of medicines, i find, not good enough. The doctors at dispensary are qualified/efficient enough. they are working just like data entry operators.