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The State authorities has announced enactment of a seven-member committee to code the concerns raised by authorities employees with respect to implementation of the Employees Health Cards Scheme (EHS).
According to a property note, Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav announced the determination connected Thursday, keeping the assurance fixed by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to the employees.
In October, leaders of employees’ national had raised issues with the authorities regarding the hold of reimbursement of aesculapian expenses, hospitals’ deficiency of involvement successful treating them nether the scheme, among others.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had assured them that a committee would beryllium formed to place the shortcomings and instrumentality corrective measures.
The Health Minister finalised the committee which volition beryllium led by Chief Secretary K. Vijayanand. It volition see officials from the concern and wellness departments, Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva Trust CEO and 2 representatives from worker unions.
The committee has been directed to taxable a study wrong 8 weeks connected measures that to beryllium taken to code the issues. At present, EHS has 23,58,858 beneficiaries successful the State. Among them, 5,53,182 are employees and 2,29,964 are pensioners. The expenditure for the scheme, launched successful 2013, is shared by some authorities and employees.
