@IAF_MCC @indiannavy
Following suggsstions are made for the improvements in medical care to the veterans and their dependants:-
(a)All Military Hospitals be asked to provide medical care to veterans and their families.
(c)ECHS needs improvements:-
(i)Sufficient funds be made available to MD ECHS in the beginning of the
(ii)The requirement of this financial year is approx Rs 7000 Crs against which less than Rs 5000/Crs have been alloted. Bills of empanelled Hospitals pending
(d)Less than 40% medicines are available in ECHS Clinics. Veterans are asked to purchase the medicines from market with their own funds and claim the amount. The procedure of claim takes more than four months and is tedious Not desirable.
(e)Listed and unlisted procedures. Any new procedure which has come to the Country should be
(f) Command and control of ECHS.
ECHS must be placed under Adjutant General Army headquarters and not under DESW. All administrative and financial powers should rest AG, who should be accountable
(g) All operational controls should be with MD ECHS, who should be accountable to CDS.
(h) Obligation of private hospitals to Ex Servicemen through the govt order should be made mandatory for any private hospital to offer itself
(i) it should be made obligatory on ECHS empanelled hospitals to accept ESM and his dependents for medical care whenever they approach them. Further details on each issue are being given in separate tweets. For consideration on priority please. Regards