Gujarat govt employees/pensioners can now have emergency treatment in private hospitals too

Gandhinagar: In a major relief to over 10 lakh employees/pensioner of Gujarat, the state government has decided to give them financial assistance for emergency treatment of Heart, Liver, Kidney, Brain and Cancer ailments and serious accidents in private hospitals as well.

Health Minister Nitin Patel today said that the decision has been taken by him and the chief minister for the welfare of the employees and pensioners.

‘So far around 6 lakh employees of the state government and over 4 lakh pensioners were getting such assistance in the government accredited hospitals only. Now It has been decided to expand it in case of emergency treatment and serious accidents to private hospitals also,’ he said.

The minister said that the financial assistance for emergency treatment in private hospitals in case of heart ailment would be done as per the rates of U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center. For cancer it would be as per the rates of the Gujarat Cancer Research Institute (M P Shah Cancer Hospital), for Kidney and liver ailments- as per the rates of Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center and for brain aliments and accidents – as per the rates of AMC run V S Hospital.

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