Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 26 2010:
To provide equitable treatment to all eligible Ex-Servicemen and their dependents under the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) and to enhance the scheme's coverage, the Union Cabinet today approved establishment of 199 new polyclinics including 17 mobile medical facilities and 15 new regional centres at a cost of Rs 141 crores.
With this, the ECHS facility will now be extended to those areas, where Ex-Servicemen population is below 2,500 by setting up polyclinics which are within reasonable distance from Ex-Servicemen concentrations.
The Cabinet also approved reorganization and strengthening the Central Organisation ECHS by suitably increasing the manpower.
It has authorized additional manpower-2263 in number on contractual basis, to man the additional 199 polyclinics.
It has also authorized 315 serving personnel 60 officers and 255 PBORs, for proposed regional centres and seven officers and 15 PBORs for Central Organisation ECHS.
Churachandpur district in Manipur has also been selected for setting up a poly clinic for the ex-servicemen.