Allahabad University expands cashless medical facility for staff

Updated on: Thursday, January 12, 2012

New Year has come up with a good news for teaching and non-teaching employees of Allahabad University and its constituent colleges.

The varsity authorities have decided to expand the facility of cashless medical facility, under Contributory Health Scheme (AUCHS) at ten additional private hospitals, two diagnostic centres and three medical stores.

The expansion means that now cashless medical facilities that was available in a handful of hospitals including Nazrath and Kamla Nehru hospitals will become available at a total of 22 private hospitals of the city in place of just ten. The expansion was necessitated owing to the fact that earlier this cashless treatment facility was extended to just teachers, employees and their dependants of AU while now even the teachers, employees and their dependants of varsity constituent colleges as well as the retired teachers and employees of AU.

As a result the increase in the number of people eligible to receive these facilities as well as their being spread all over the city required that AU too takes steps to include more hospitals and diagnostic centres within the fold of its scheme.

In a high-level meeting held at AU last week, the varsity gave its in-principle approval of the additional centres and the proposals in this regard have also been submitted to the newly added private hospitals and as soon as the formalities are completed, they will start offering these facilities to the eligible persons.

Keeping the interest of employees in mind, one private hospital located in trans-Ganga's Phaphamau area has also been included under the AUCHS. Similarly, till now just three diagnostic centres were part of this scheme but now two more have been added.

In-charge of AU Medical Cell and Deputy Registrar (Administration) RL Vishwakarma confirmed these developments and added that for the first time, three medical shops too have been added under the scheme so as to help the beneficiaries procure medicines prescribed from these medical centres without payment at the time of need.

This addition has been made keeping the complaints of the employees in mind who were facing problems in getting the prescribed medicines, as these are not provided by the treating hospitals under the scheme.

It is worth mentioning that for these cashless facilities under AUCHS, a set amount is deducted from the monthly salaries of the AU teachers and employees.

Times of India

Allahabad University expands cashless medical facility for staff

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